A won’t let me kiss her goodbye at school. She halts me at the door to her classroom and hisses, “NO, Mommy!” when I move in for the embrace. Then she turns and bounds into her First Grade world of friends, teachers, table time, power words, recess, and yogurt parfait. Sometimes she’ll slide onto my [...]
Entries Tagged as 'growing up'
CAN I HAVE A HUG?
November 17th, 2011 2 Comments
Tags: girl social dynamics · growing up · KGOY · motherhood
Birthday Season
July 29th, 2009 7 Comments
It’s high midsummer and the sun has come back from her vacation in Seattle, or wherever she went while New England suffered the wettest, dimmest June on record. The pool water is finally warming up and blue-lipped kids can stop shivering on the side, protesting their swim lessons. Past the Solstice, past July 4th, the [...]
Tags: children · death · growing up