Wake Me Up When September Ends… oh, wait

Happy October! Remember all those things on my to-do list? That list I wrote in my head for eight years straight? Yeah, well. They’re still on there. How did this happen? The days I anticipated would be filled with empty silence and hours of freedom quickly turned into the same short, choppy, whirlwind days as … Continue reading →

How Soon Is Now

It begins. What started eight and a half years ago with the birth of my first child has wrapped up with the abrupt ring of a school bell. I have been home with one child or another for eight and a half years straight. The bell marks the first time both of my kids will … Continue reading →

Ghosts in the Machine

I replaced our aging laptop last week. A mundane event; the old laptop is slated to become a kid-safe web and homework machine. Fresh out of the package, the new Mac boots up, and I click through the setup screens. “Do you have any files to transfer?” it asks. I haven’t thought about the files … Continue reading →