Dear Me, OK, Johnathan graduated from High School. This is the third consecutive year a kid of ours has done this. It’s painful, heart wrenching stuff to have a much loved child fly from the nest every year. I’m in mourning – and I blame you. So let’s attempt to change the future I am …
Category Archive: Dear Me
May
25
2011
May
12
2011
Dear Me, About Kids and Current Events…
Dear Me, Just to put your mind at ease, you do a really, really good job teaching your children the important things, like appreciation for old movies, how to floss and the importance of God in their lives. You kind of fall down on the keeping-up-with-current-events thing. Last Thanksgiving the boys fell to talking about …
May
09
2011
Dear Me, About Graduation Torture
Dear Me, My emotions have been deliberately and shamelessly manipulated by the children’s choir teacher (who happens to be a personal friend of mine, so I can’t yell at her without consequences). Every year about this time the 200 kids that make up the different high school choirs put on this really great program they …
May
08
2011
Dear Me, About Mother’s Day
Dear Me, Remember when you were pregnant with Timothy and your first Mother’s Day rolled around and you asked Troy what he was going to do for you to celebrate and he looked at you all confused and said, “What do you mean? You’re not a mother.” Well, he doesn’t get much better. My advice? …
Apr
29
2011
Dear Me, About Releasing Kids into the Wild…
“Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.” – Robert A. Heinlein Dear Me, So I’m talking to our sister today and she’s telling me that she is probably going to have to take her kids out of private Christian school and put them into public because they can’t really afford the steep tuition …
Apr
27
2011
Dear Me, About Your Sense of Style
“I base most of my fashion sense on what doesn’t itch.” – Gilda Radner Dear Me, In the future, while you will have a smaller body, your sense of style will not improve. For some reason God decided you didn’t need the “shopping” or “fashion’ chips in your brain (guess more room was needed for …
Apr
21
2011
Dear Me, About Letting Go…
“Children are cuddly to hold, and painful to let go.” – Arthur Tugman Dear me, Someday you will really, really love making to-do lists. I know this sounds crazy to you right now; your mom always had piles of to-do lists so you equate them with oppression and anal retention. As it turns out …
Apr
19
2011
Dear Me, About Punishing a Child’s Mistake…
“A child is a curly dimpled lunatic.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Dear Me, A dear friend just told me a funny story. Her six and four year old boys came upstairs – all proud, mind you – to show her the results of their new game: barber shop. With the help of his older brother …
Apr
18
2011
Dear Me, About Getting the Kids Through School…
“Do not ask that your kids live up to your expectations. Let your kids be who they are, and your expectations will be in breathless pursuit.” – Robert Brault Dear Me, So, you were mostly a latch-key kid. Even when you weren’t, no one was checking up on your grades. Thus you were the classic …
Apr
17
2011
Dear Me, About Marital Spats…
“I got in an argument with a girlfriend inside of a tent. That’s a bad place for an argument because I tried to walk out, and had to slam the flap.” – Mitch Hedberg Dear Me, OK, I realize that you are scared to death of fighting with Troy. In your growing up years arguments …
Apr
14
2011
Dear Me, The Other Side of Weight Loss…
“I’m not overweight. I’m just nine inches too short.” – Shelley Winters Dear Me, OK, girlie, here’s the thing. Yes, someday you do lose most of the extra weight and get to a comfortable place – not too thin but not chubby. I won’t tell you how we do it just yet, even though you’re …
Apr
13
2011
Dear Me, About Your Guy …
“In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage.” – Robert Anderson Dear Me, Your husband loves you. Really, he does. He sucks as a birthing partner, but he loves you. Actually, he will be pretty good at …
Apr
12
2011
Dear Me, About Housekeeping …
“My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.” – Erma Bombeck Dear Me, OK, Jamie, my love, here’s the thing; It is kind of important to keep on top of housework. Dishes should be done at the end of the meal – …
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