Category Archives: Family

A transition

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

“Goodbye, Vicksburg.” Those are the words my grandfather murmured yesterday morning as my father drove him away from the town that’s been his only home since 1946. With those words, he bid a quiet farewell my grandmother’s grave, to the … Continue reading →

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Keep Your Eye on the Ball

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

As a parent, I admit I’m prone to lecturing. It’s mostly benign lecturing, but it’s still lecturing. “It’s important not to talk in class when the teacher doesn’t want you to talk,” I lectured my son a few days ago, … Continue reading →

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This has been quite a month…

I hope you have been having a marvelous holiday season. We celebrate Christmas at my house, but I am lucky to have friends and colleagues from many religious and cultural traditions. I wish you all the best! This has been … Continue reading →

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Let there be lights

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

My father loves Christmas lights. Loves them. Has always loved them, as far as I know. As soon as the chairs have been pushed back from the Thanksgiving table, he starts rubbing his hands in anticipation of draping strings of … Continue reading →

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The book I loved

Posted on September 17, 2011 by

When I was about eight years old, I fell in love with a children’s biography about a girl named Lotta Crabtree. Who? I know, I know. I can hear you asking that question, and I don’t blame you. Lotta Crabtree … Continue reading →

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My sandwiches definitely don’t smile

Posted on August 30, 2011 by

I am so happy to announce that a column I wrote was posted on Babble’s website last week! Is that Sandwich Smiling at Me? is my manifesto about the value of simple lunches for children. Essentially, I was constantly getting … Continue reading →

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Requiem

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

There’s a section in the old Simon and Garfunkel song “America” that always makes me feel a twinge of melancholy: “‘Kathy, I’m lost,’ I said, though I knew she was sleeping/ ‘I’m empty and aching and I don’t know why.’” … Continue reading →

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The Trapper Keeper is back

Posted on July 18, 2011 by

Y’all. They’re selling Trapper Keepers again. No, really. They are. Now, perhaps Mead has been selling Trapper Keepers, or some version thereof, for all the many years since I was in the sixth grade. Probably they have. But this is … Continue reading →

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Back from the beach

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

Here’s what I did last week. That’s my younger son on the walkway to the beach. My family went to Pensacola Beach last week, and oh, it was glorious. We had a jellyfish scare the first day, but luckily, they … Continue reading →

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Brushing up on medication safety

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

I recently wrote a piece about medication safety for the women’s health magazine Spry. I interviewed pharmacists and other health care experts about things that we do that undermine our efforts to use medicine safely and effectively. One tip really … Continue reading →

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