Tag: uncomfortable
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Squirm
What happens when you get a stage full of bats, worms, snakes, and spiders? You get a corporate “Eww,” reflecting all things that make us squirm. Seven-year-old Cal and his fellow students put on a production that emphasized all things that cause our stomachs to twitch and our phobias to rise to the surface. A…
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On The Road–Again
They’re becoming world travelers. Our daughter and her husband have business meetings in Spain. Rather than leaving the kids with us or others, they opted for bringing them along, to experience a new country and culture, and to learn how to adapt to what is different, like language, food, and expectations. The issue is getting…
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I Really Don’t Know Clouds At All*
Sitting on my porch, the quiet draped over me like a warm blanket softly covering my shoulders. The sun flitted through the clouds, like an old friend playing hide and seek. Or more like a young child who can’t stay hidden for long and jumps out yelling, “I’m here!” I love sunshine and blue skies,…
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The Fearsome Fuss Cycle
I sat with grins galore as I watched Tiffany try to feed Brooklyn. Brooklyn, at six months of age, has already demonstrated that she’s an independent thinker. Her parents have been trying for quite some time to get her to eat people food. Not steak and fries, mind you. The pulverized, looks-like-it’s-already-been-chewed kind of food. Veggies and fruit that look…
Tip of My Iceberg 