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Monthly Archive for June, 2011

Treasure Pillow

A year ago (or so), Simon began putting anything that meant a lot to him under his pillow. As the months went by, the number of treasures grew so that now, when I lie beside him in bed at night, I often feel an uncomfortable, bumpy surface under my head or arm. And whereas I’ve […]

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Since May, I’ve been wondering where my running is headed. I’ve now decided that it’s heading to the Louisville Sports Commission half marathon on November 12. Depending on the day or hour, my feelings about this range from “Heck yeah!” to “What have I done?” What Have I Done? Last week, because of Simon’s illness, […]

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Being a boy and being four and a half, Simon often does not want to stop whatever fun he’s having to attend to something as boring as his bladder. He’s got races to run, Superheroes to join, and bad guys to vanquish! Thus, he will dance around and grab at himself, all the while explaining […]

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Simon’s second week at camp was a foreshortened one: he only went yesterday and today. The little guy had some tummy trouble earlier in the week, and I didn’t want to send him until I knew everything was all sorted out. Aside from being yucky and a deterrent to having fun, his brief illness also […]

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Other People’s Drama

I have two stories today: one has nothing to do with me, but is a doozy; the other concerns a neighbor’s drama into which I insinuated myself. Tube Trama My first story comes compliments of my niece Maddie, via my mom. Maddie (10), her sister Olivia (12), and brother Ben (8), just returned from a […]

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Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

Simon’s been working on some pop-tunes. I think his version of “Police on My Back” is awesome, if not mildly wildly inappropriate. “Hard Day’s Night” is cuter. He’s been working on the first few lines, AKA the John Lennon parts, for a week or so. Tonight he ventured further into the song. It was cuter […]

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A Bridge Too Far

If you were reading this blog back when Simon was 2 or 3, you know that his toddler days were made more difficult by his poor adaptability and initial withdrawal. Which is fancy speak for Simon taking a while to warm up and not handling change very well, traits he gets honest from his parents. […]

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The Unforced Error

As with politics or tennis, parenting, too, comes with its share of unforced errors. It’s bad enough when Simon hits a rough patch and I think I err in handling it. I might tell myself that I could have or should have tried a different tactic or, if I’m really at the end of my […]

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My Running Triumph

Yes, triumph. It was not that I packed running clothes for my vacation last week and actually used them. That was a new leaf for me, for sure, but not a triumph. It was not that Saturday I went out and ran 6 miles while feeling the effects of plane travel and the mild dehydration […]

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As the new banner above may make obvious, my little blog vacation involved some travel. Matt, Simon, and I just returned from six days in the Bay Area, where we visited a few of our favorite places and many of our favorite people. It was, as ever, simultaneously relaxing and invigorating to dip back into […]

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