Imagine A World
on Nov 6, 2009 in Creative Life Family Idiocy Last night The Rooster announced that no one in her class likes the color pink."But that’s crazy," I said. "Imagine the world without pink!""There wouldn't be any pink in the sky during sunrise or sunset!""Imagine a world without pink lemonade or...

Obligatory Postween Photos
on Nov 1, 2009 in The Mayor Rooster Girl Holidays Between the Halloween Candy Buy Back Program and the age-old Inter-Sibling Trade Negotiations, I had an hour off this morning!There must be something wrong with my children though... all the chocolate candy is in the bag for the soldiers and they on...

Capacitación en la Diversidad
on Oct 28, 2009 in Rooster Girl Parenting Genious Explanations Evidence of Dorkdom Last night The Rooster chose Maria Shriver's book called "What's Wrong With Timmy?" as a bed time story.The book's intent is to help kids understand that some children live with disabilities. The book primarily focuses on the strengths of children wi...

Turn, Turn, Turn?
on Oct 27, 2009 in Reading Faith We have this book...It has amazing illustrations, each page from the artistic style of a different culture.I don't quite know what to say or how to explain the book to The Mayor and The Rooster though.Oh, Biblical Scholars of the Internet, por favor...

Trigger
on Oct 26, 2009 in The Mayor Things I Want To Remember Hurts Last Friday I took The Mayor for a hearing test.It's been eight months since his ear surgery and despite the slicing and peeling off of the ear, problems persist.The Mayor's ear drum is retracting again and the ear is filled with fluid.His hearing te...

Watching You
on Oct 25, 2009 in Granny Family My Aunt Nancy received an unexpected messaged when she and I sat together in the family consultation room at Duke University Hospital.My Granny had been in an awful car accident.She was transferred to Duke and, ultimately, attached to a ventilator.My...

Call of the Wild
on Oct 21, 2009 in The Mayor Things I Want To Remember On the walk to school today, The Mayor took to talking back to the noisy birds in the trees. Only after testing a few different sounds did he settle on a high-pitched shriek, fairly unlike the bird sounds he and his father heard around them. He would...

Ritual, Story, Debate
on Oct 5, 2009 in Faith Rites Reflection A few weeks ago, I went to the Bar Mitzvah of a friend’s son.The young man had obviously put a lot of himself into the ceremony as had the rest of his family.It was a powerful and emotional experience.Many in attendance, myself included, wept openl...

Sawdust
on Sep 27, 2009 in Friends Mourning Holidays We spent the day at our friends Elke and Michael’s house. K finished helping Michael build a sukkah for the upcoming Sukkot holiday. While the men donned tool belts and slowly coated themselves in flecks of sawdust, The Mayor, The Rooster and I h...

A Guy Walks Into A Bar
on Sep 16, 2009 in The Mayor Family The Mayor, who is five, is currently going through the (widely studied) "Catskills" phase of his early childhood development.Oh, the jokes. [Oy, the jokes.]Last night at dinner, he told the same (long), (unfunny), (obscure) joke three times.With each...