Jonah asks me, over breakfast one morning: “Who made God?” So I ask him, “Who do you think made God?” He answers. And I start writing it down because, well, you’ll see… The guy made of asteroids and stars. He…
who made god?
what jonah does at summer camp (chicka-boom)
You never know when Jonah might actually reveal something about what happens during the day at summer camp. He certainly doesn’t reveal much when asked. Sometimes I can trick him into giving me a detail. I’ve wormed out of him…
and then a praying mantis adopted us
Two nights ago, after dinner, Jonah was playing with clay at his art table. Suddenly, a frail, white, praying mantis climbed up from the underside and perched near the edge, it’s so-very-recently and much-smaller molted former-self dangling empty, just beneath.…
summer camp!
Yesterday, on the way to his first day ever of summer camp, Jonah asked me if fairies and unicorns are real. So asked him if he thought they were real. He told me a number of things, that fairies are…
my opinions on discipline immortalized on care.com
Today, I have to tell you about my interview. Care.com thought it would be good to get my opinion on discipline. (I can hear you laughing. It’s okay, I laughed too.) Read what I said, here: Mommy time-outs See what…
lessons in gratitude from a 4-year-old
In spite of everything, Jonah still believes in people. Last night, just before going to sleep next to me in his (our) hospital bed, and just after his 8:00pm IV antibiotics infusion, he said, “Mama, today was a lovely day.”…