Entries Tagged as 'growing up'

The Shape of Girls

October 11th, 2009 No Comments

“Every person has a shape.  I am a star,” says my 4-year-old at dinner.  She’s perched naked before a meal of raspberry yogurt and noodles with butter.
“That’s wonderful, honey, you ARE a star, ” I say, thrilled by her uninhibited confidence, her peculiar imagination.  “What shape are you, C?” 
But her little sister has her mouth [...]

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Birthday Season

July 29th, 2009 5 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 [...]

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