Tag Archives: kids

Oh, boy!

Posted on February 14, 2014 by onesanevoice

When my second child was born, my father said to me with a reflective smile, “The only thing better than having children is having grandchildren.”  At the time, I wiped the baby spittle off my shoulder and propped my eyelids … Continue reading →

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The Treasure of the Severe Madre

Posted on October 8, 2010 by onesanevoice

Son met me for sushi the other night and said with great fanfare that he had good news for me.  It was about the pile of stuff he had piled in our basement in a big pile.  Both my kids … Continue reading →

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An Inside Job

Posted on September 14, 2010 by onesanevoice

I am writing this from my newly painted home office/formerly Daughter’s bedroom with the peach walls that I planned on being beige.  I wrote about this in Baker’s Dozen Love Story, but in case you didn’t read that particular entry, the short … Continue reading →

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Dinner on Thursday

Posted on August 28, 2010 by onesanevoice

Husband and I met Son for dinner at Salvatore’s, our neighborhood Italian restaurant.  We usually choose sushi for our family outings, but on Thursday we were feeling a little parmigiana and pesto.  Husband and I arrived first and greeted Sal as we walked … Continue reading →

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Up to our ass in alligators

Posted on August 3, 2010 by onesanevoice

FEMA just moved our entire community into a flood zone.  We are now required by our mortgage lenders to purchase flood insurance costing $1600 to $2000 a year.  And that’s on top of our regular homeowners’ policies.  I promise you … Continue reading →

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Son and Daughter: The Early Years

Posted on May 16, 2010 by onesanevoice

In spite of the tremendous verbal talents of each of my children, they were both late talkers.  Daughter barely spoke at all until she hit two years of age, and then said a complete sentence out of the blue.  After I tucked … Continue reading →

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The Norfolk Incident revisited

Posted on March 19, 2010 by onesanevoice

In honor of today being Son’s 26th birthday, I am reprinting a newspaper column I wrote about him 14 years ago.  The subject is dated now, but back in the mid-90s it was something many parents struggled with. March was … Continue reading →

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