Today is The Boy's 'First' day of high school. His First day of taking the bus to school. He doesn't go alone; his Big Sister has the First opportunity to drag him around, humiliating him (and, maybe herself) in front of her friends, but it's his First day of Mom not taking him to school. I hope that this gives them both an opportunity to develop a ( Read more... )

It's the first full day of school today. Quite possibly the last year I walk any of my children to school. They've progressed in the same learning establishment for all their lives, although the edifice has changed. However, there are always traditions. The difference in uniforms between the lower grades and the upper grades. The response hand- ( Read more... )

Sunset. Dusk. Twilight. (No, not the SMeyers version.) That period of time when our sun is below the horizon in relationship to the viewer and the light from our nearest star can still be seen in a last ditch effort to illuminate our world. It's my favourite time of day and it has not set time ( Read more... )

Yes, I know they're supposed to grow, mature, I pray for that to happen every, single day of their existence, but when it happens ( Read more... )

6:05AM: As I sit here and listen to the water running for my eldest's shower, I wonder not so much how quickly the time has passed, but more of this time has come ( Read more... )

What should've been a trying day (it was) turned into an introspective day.  Shuttling my mother and children around is never a fun thing to do, especially when the girls are in full bickering mode, but such as it is when there are two females of the same temperament there just to annoy one another.   Loaded with a to-do list a meter long, we set ( Read more... )

It occurred to me that I actually did something that most would consider blog-worthy last night.  However, this is me and I don't usually think my life is interesting enough to blog about,  ( I usually won't bore you. )