IN WHICH a mind is read like a baby’s board book, maybe.
Tag: kids
Happy to be here
I have a couple of friends from middle school whose houses I was at a lot as a kid. Later in life, I always thought it was a little odd — in the best possible way! — how nice those friends’ parents were to me, both while I was at their houses a lot and… Continue reading Happy to be here
The Marriage at Cana (?)
[U is 11.] U: *squints at my sweet Locked Tomb enamel pin* U: what does “one fish, one end” mean? Currently reading: THE INHERITANCE OF ORQUÍDEA DIVINA, Zoraida Córdova
Questionable animal husbandry
We’re not quite twee enough to actually own a bearded dragon, but more than twee enough to send our kids to the kind of school that would ask us to foster one for the summer. With the kids, I lean really hard on the idea that the lizard is a guest and not a toy.… Continue reading Questionable animal husbandry
We now return to
It’s the day after Labor Day, when kid cameos are on everyone’s Instagram feed. Because I fundamentally believe the human condition is that of a word-soaked meat sponge plus incidentals, I’ll share my son’s homework assignment instead. I cannot get over this kid. The first day of school was soaked with rain, but three kids… Continue reading We now return to