On Monday when I picked Zoë up from the babysitter's, K (the babysitter) told me Zoë had asked all the other 3 kids "why are you white like your mom?" K told me they talked about how people are different colors and sometimes they are the same as their moms and/or dads and sometimes they … Continue reading Honestly, It’s A Perfectly Understandable Question
In Which They Hold My Future In Their Hands
The end is near. Well not really the end. That just sounds both ominous and optimistic. I am at the end of my PhD program, but just embarking on my dissertation. So, end of phase 1. Starting phase 2. I want to do research in the urban school district of the city I live in. … Continue reading In Which They Hold My Future In Their Hands
Oh How Parenting Has Changed
This weekend we celebrated one of my grandma's 84th birthday. We all got together at her house for dinner and desert. This us to be something we did nearly every week when I was growing up and all of us kids were small. Now many of us kids have our own kids and busy lives. … Continue reading Oh How Parenting Has Changed
A Room Of Ones Own
I have an office. This isn't new really, but the fact that it is now functional is. I'm a pack rat. I don't throw things away. I should. I have been wanting to get my office in shape, as I have this little thing called a dissertation to write. And well, I needed a space … Continue reading A Room Of Ones Own
Facing The Firing Squad
Life sucks sometimes. Especially when you aren't fully prepared for its suckiness. I have never really hidden the fact that money is and has been a bit of a struggle. Partly because I didn't work for 4 years, to stay home with the kids, and because we are both spenders. Which is not a good … Continue reading Facing The Firing Squad
