Packing is exactly like trying to decide which pieces of your life and history deserve to make it to the next chapter. But packing is really the LAST thing that happens in this process. Before packing comes The Going Through of Things: The Culling. But before The Culling comes the WOWISTILLHAVETHIS stage. I’m in that [...]
May 15, 2013
Raising the Bar and Holding on for Dear Life
I haven’t written much about Leah in some time. She’s almost twelve now, and old enough to know about this site and old enough to where many of her stories are not necessarily mine to tell any longer. I try to respect that, but in this instance, I’m TALKING. We put Leah in a private [...]
May 14, 2013
Panama Hat Inspiration
For the first time in my life, I have purchased a hat. This may seem odd, but Houston was never a “hat” town. However, after picture after picture of casually elegant warm weather ensembles avec chapeau, I could no longer resist. To the J. Crew hat section we go! I can see how I might [...]
May 10, 2013
Friday Collections
Somewhere along the way I decided my word for 2013 was going to be “momentum.” I’d put aside the idea of goals; the feeling of “forward” was enough to guide 2013. No more lists, just motion. Intuition. The choice of direction, as opposed to direction itself. 2013 thought that was complete horseshit, apparently. Instead, 2013 [...]
May 7, 2013
Beyond the Notes
One of the exercises you go through when you have a kid with any kind of sensory issues is trying to figure out exactly what s/he is sensitive to. For some it’s bright light, others it’s various foods, could be textures. For Benjamin it’s a combination of noises and to some extent foods, though both [...]
May 2, 2013
The Temporary Fork in the Road
In all the chaos of selling this house and managing the closing date, it became clear there is not enough time to look for the next house, pack, deal with financing, etc. This real estate market is ridiculous and I cannot deal with houses that have twenty offers (not kidding) on them in the middle [...]
May 1, 2013
That Call
You know the day is coming. I mean, it doesn’t take much to look around and see what is going on in the world, in the country, to know you’re going to get that call. If your kid is at a Jewish day school, the likelihood of that call is exponentially greater. And then one [...]
April 18, 2013
Closing the Book: A Project for Benjamin
We are moving soon. Well, we hope we are. Our house has been on the market since the end of November, we had an offer in mid-March, but never made it out of the Option period because the potential buyers backed out. I was so tired of the endless showings (now up to 76 [...]
April 4, 2013
On Dust and Its Removal
Dust. It’s everywhere around here. On these pages, in my head, in my joints. Tiny collections of the past that should weigh nothing but combined it’s an army that blankets, its presence a reminder of things undone or unsaid or uncommitted to. As a kid we had chores on weekends and my favorite one was [...]
March 11, 2013
Nice to Have You Back, Mighty Mighty Benjamite
Dear Benjamin: It’s been a good while since one of these notes has been written to you. You are six-and-a-half now and in Kindergarten. You’ll figure out soon enough you are older than everyone in your class because we “bridged” you, but you may not know why. You see, your mid-July birthday brought gifted you [...]
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May 20, 2013
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