Life, Liberty & a Chance to Say Goodbye

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This was said by President Donald Trump during a White House cabinet meeting this week, regarding a study linking the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine that he’s been touting, and allegedly taking himself, and an increased risk of death in coronavirus patients: There was a false study done where they gave it to very sick people, extremely sick people. … Continue reading Life, Liberty & a Chance to Say Goodbye

Motherhood: A Journey into Stupidity

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One thing nobody ever tells you is that motherhood makes you stupid. It’s true. Becoming a mother – literally the nanosecond an infant exits, by whatever means, your womb – reduces even the most intellectually evolved woman to her most primal, cavewoman self. You immediately go from someone intelligent, curious and informed – about everything … Continue reading Motherhood: A Journey into Stupidity

Parenting – and Child-ing – in the Age of Coronavirus

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Everyone in my family is a calm under pressure type person.  That is not to say we are stoic. My father and I are big babies when we’re sick, or even slightly incapacitated. Dad once passed a kidney stone and told me it was “worse than childbirth,” which I had a hard time imagining could … Continue reading Parenting – and Child-ing – in the Age of Coronavirus

Dead Zone at the High School

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Yesterday I went to Teenage Son’s high school orientation. He strongly encouraged me not to attend and almost had me convinced that parents were not invited, but then I received a text from his girlfriend’s mother, saying that she would be there. “What if you’re the only two mothers who show up?" protested Teenage Son. … Continue reading Dead Zone at the High School

May We All Go Back Where We Came From

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When the kids were little, they took piano lessons from an elderly woman in our neighborhood named Elaine Lebar. Mrs. Lebar was an accomplished musician, and a taskmaster – once barked at 5-year-old Jesse, attempting a piece by Chopin, “Play it like the composer wrote it!!!” She was also a remarkable woman with an arsenal … Continue reading May We All Go Back Where We Came From