A few pictures from our trip to Chicago.
Questions for Jimmy Carter
Has he ever met George Washington? Does he play Packrat? Is he excited about Spore? Does he have a question for me? Inquiring minds want to know.
Rituals and Routines that build a family
Families can provide a safe place to retreat from the chaos of the world- when the kids are teenagers you’ll want them to turn to home to find that peace (even if Mario Kart isn’t your idea of peace) and you will have laid the foundation already.
Amateur NASA
The HALE project is inspiring because it makes space accessible. It is clearly possible to couple amateur ideas with university science and come up with real projects.
Back to School
This year Carter has requested that we study King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and I’m excited about plunging in- but still, during my last trip through the grocery store I worried that Carter would be missing out on the whole school anticipation ritual.
Grammar Challenge: Yodish
This grammar challenge, inspired by Grammar Girl is for Star Wars
Forgiving ourselves
The story I carry includes death and birth, lives lost and lives saved, tears and laughter. It is incomplete if it has only the good mommy days. I carry it all, broken pieces and whole, together.