Have you seen a Vactor today ( Read more... )

Ian: Wait, so the people who want the amendment call themselves "Minnesotans for Marriage?" [We've covered this before but he must have forgotten]
Me: Yes
Ian: But...but...they are against marriage.
Me: Yes
Ian: But...but...Can they lie like that?
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Ian finished his bath and I was helping him dry off and hanging out with him while he got his pajamas on. He suddenly went from talkative and jovial to quiet and serious and I could tell he was thinking something big. I asked what he was thinking about and at first he didn't answer, but a moment later ( Read more... )

I keep thinking about November 7th. I imagine going into my son’s room that morning and telling him the news. I visualize it both ways, with good news and bad, and envision what that morning might be like for him. Coping with the anti-marriage amendment as an adult has been heartbreaking, but guiding my child through this experience has been ( Read more... )

To the woman who harassed my child -

While I’m glad I decided not to respond to your behavior then, I find as I think about the incident, there are things I wish you knew, and things I wish I could ask you.
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I don’t sensor books. At least I haven’t yet. I generally feel that if Ian finds it at the library and wants to read it, we will read it, and certainly he can look at it himself. There is probably a book out there that would make me re-think this approach, but in his 7 years we haven’t encountered one yet.

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Arriving in my classroom I turned on NPR as I started setting up, as was my habit. I was early as usual and not many people were around. I heard them talking about a plane hitting the WTC and walked down to the office. My boss was there and I asked her if she had heard about this, if she knew anything. She knew no more than I did and was also ( Read more... )

I wrote this just after last year's Pride ( Read more... )

I thought I'd post a few of my favorite Ian stories. Here's a few from when he was 3.

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The names have been removed to protect the innocent.

On the way home from school in the car:

Ian:  ----- and me were doing guns.
Me: Guns?( Read more... )

I've been chuckling about this conversation all day-

Ian: We are not allowed to burp at school.
Me: Well, yes, it's generally not polite to burp in public.
Ian: Well, it's a PRIVATE school.