Tag: childhood

Wonton Spoon

Wonton Spoon

Written by on March 28, 2023 in Conversations on the Journey with 0 Comments

Wonton spoon: Warmth, mom, cold snowy days, steam wafting up from the bowl to greet the nose of hungry, happy children. Playing outside, the crunch of snow between our eager mittened hands pressing it into mischievous ball shape. Sharp air inhaled into warm lungs, the shock of it startling, delighting me. I’m alive! I exist! […]

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I’m so proud of her…

Written by on January 7, 2011 in Conversations on the Journey with 0 Comments

Tomorrow my youngest, Brhiannon, is going to compete with her home school/cyber school team in the Lego Robotics competition in Philadelphia. Brhiannon is bright and artistic. She is also dyslexic, and knows she has challenges learning in certain areas as compared to some other students. But she doesn’t care. She is not as advanced in […]

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Losing Our Childhood

Written by on August 8, 2009 in Conversations on the Journey with 1 Comment

I’m not talking about through child abuse. Well, not in the sense we think of. That’s how I lost my childhood, abuse. But losing our childhood is happening in another way and on a massive scale. In a few minutes I’ll wake my little girl up. I let her sleep in longer in the mornings, […]

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