who think they're not good enough, or think they ought to be prettier or more compassionate or at least thinner. To those who feel they don't feel enough for their families, especially their mothers. In fact, to all daughters who have troubled, complex, maybe even unfriendly relationships with their mothers, near or distant, and because … Continue reading To All Daughters
Category: parenting
Music Through the Ages
I just walked out of a forty minute long seventh grade orchestra class. A first. I’m doing research, another first. It’s a nascent idea, having something to do with a musician, a shadow of a character who has put music at the center of her life. My ideas start with questions, and this one is … Continue reading Music Through the Ages
Preschool
Tonight I read you No Roses for Harry and you had forgotten the bird in the picture, a speck in the sky carrying Harry’s unraveled sweater. You’ve forgotten, too, how you first read Big Red Barn, supplying sounds for words you did not know, and following the mouse in Goodnight Moon or that well-timed gasp … Continue reading Preschool