Blogs Posts on "On Being Human"

Lesson From My Tree by Your Mother Knows But Won't Tell You on Nov 6, 2009You may know that we haven't lived in this house very long; five years now. We were the third family to move into the development. For the first two years, it looked like the ass side of the moon. Construction stuff everywhere, rocks, boulders, fe...

A Glimpse of Livy's Day by Your Mother Knows But Won't Tell You on Sep 18, 2009I am a thief. Admitted. So bust me. Yep, some days when I write this blog I just snatch the entire idea from someone else. (Well not really, but some days getting a blog out is a lot easier especially when you have great material sent right to yo...

Here's To The Moments by Your Mother Knows But Won't Tell You on Aug 10, 2009My Sister-in-law, Theresa, is the only Frock sibling who still resides in Hanover. So all of this turmoil in Dad's life has fallen on her to manage. She has done a yeoman's job of navigating the entire grueling marathon. We're all exceedingly gr...

The Magic of Listening by Your Mother Knows But Won't Tell You on Apr 16, 2009I hear you. Really. Completely. And, I realize that's a rare thing for most of us. To be heard. To feel listened to...to be attended to...so I want you to know that I hear you.I admit, that it's a natural gift of mine. I came with it. But, I delibera...

Mommy, Where Do I Come From? by Your Mother Knows But Won't Tell You on Apr 7, 2009It's too soon for our Livvy to wonder the same thing all children eventually contemplate. I mean, look at her sign, she is only three glorious months old. But, I know that it's just a question of time before this child of ours wonders, "Where di...

Questions That Begin With Why by Your Mother Knows But Won't Tell You on Apr 6, 2009In response to yesterday's post, my esteemed friend Mark commented, "This is sure happening a lot lately. The way we've become so disconnected from one another may be at the root." And, like a great many things Mark has said to me, it gave...