Because sometimes being a parent means doing what’s hard.
Posted in family life, grandparents, vacation on Feb 24th, 2010
Regular readers may have noticed I didn’t post last week — that’s because we were in Florida for a bit over a week, visiting my parents, who some years ago joined the throng of Northerners who take off for southern climes in January and don’t come back until April or so, leaving their progeny with [...]
Posted in family life, mommy guilt on Oct 22nd, 2009
I keep trying to think of a clever start to this post, and all I can come up with is this: Tomorrow, I’m off on a cruise, without my husband or the boys, I will be gone a total of four days, and I don’t feel guilty. At least, I don’t feel guilty any more. [...]
Posted in family life, humor, summer, vacation on Aug 5th, 2009
For many Americans, and famously for much of Western Europe, August is vacation season. Everyone who’s anyone decamps for mountains, lakes, beaches, theme parks, the family cabin, the campground… you get the idea. We’re not going anywhere; in fact, we haven’t gone on vacation in any real sense (that is, for more than a few [...]
