Motherwise Cracks

The visit for parent’s weekend was great and I learned that my son is capable of keeping his laundry clean and doing homework without serial reminders. He has learned that mom is a pretty good cook and the colleges save the best food for times visitors to campus are expected. We watched a rugby game, [...]

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So I am learning that some things don’t change. Back in the day, it was providing words of wisdom and encouragement to an eight year old. Now, with the child mostly grown and living away from home, we find the same situation but with the added encumbrance of distance between us. Luckily, in our day [...]

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You know the type. They have 27 cats and talk about them like they are preemies with life-threatening conditions and never seem to notice the smell in the house? I have been accused of being a cat lady-in-waiting because I purchased a hot pink reflective ped id tag in the shape of a heart. If [...]

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It’s a strange feeling to fly on September 11. I am not all together comfortable with it, which is why I told my girls that I would get up at 4:30 a.m. and take them to the airport today. It’s like how I attended every one of my son’s games during football season. If something [...]

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It only seems appropriate that I finally lose the baby weight I gained when I had my last child. This overwhelming feeling that is was now time crept over me as we drove off from dropping him off at his college dorm room. It also seemed appropriate to try something new, scientific and complicated, so [...]

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Child #3 has been safely dropped off at college. Knowing how close we have been through the past 18 years of his life while I changed his wet backside, drove him all over hell’s half acre, nursed him through illness and operations, blah, blah, blah, I was sure he’d keep me well informed as he [...]

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My husband is the kind that can’t sit still. I can sit still for hours. In his quest to keep busy, he found some fantastically loaded elderberry bushes, plucked them clean and brought home the fruits of his hunting and gathering expedition in the back field. Sidebar – In the days before his chlosterol went sky [...]

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Today was party day and the Megastation was fabulous in the pool. The 87 degree day was made to order. All of the kids were home and the cousins arrived so we donned our suits and had a great meal with the two “college kids to be” before they go off. It was pretty typical [...]

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