Open-Eyed Optimism
Our dinner table topics tend to be obscure and in-depth because my kids delve deeply into their own interests. Detailed conversations about plant classification, advanced computer cooling methods,...
View ArticleTo Be, Or To Multitask
I did it again. Deleted unwanted emails while on the phone, just trying to be efficient. No, I wasn’t reading the emails. Honestly I started out just deleting. But I had to scan quickly through a few...
View ArticleMom Knows Nothing
“Why don’t you know any answers?” my then three-year-old asked me. He was exaggerating. I always gave him a straight answer when he asked what we could have for dinner or when we were going to the...
View ArticleHow To Listen & How To Be Heard
Katerina Omelchuk “Beginning” “Do you really want a dead cat on your desk?” When a teacher took a parent’s phone call at the end of another busy school day, she was taken aback by the question. She...
View ArticleHow Do You Introduce A Friend?
Image: hourglassthorne Years ago, a family new to our area came to an enrichment program my kids and I were attending. Someone said, “Oh you’ve got to meet Beth, she dragged roadkill to the back of her...
View ArticleListening To People Without Voices
Image courtesy of polveredigrafite.deviantart.com I got my first summer job when I was 13 years old. My official title was “feeder.” This was my first exposure to time clocks and posted schedules....
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