Special thanks to larokkaku for bringing this story to my attention.
As I wrote here yesterday – it’s the individual stories of survival and triumph that come out of such catastrophic disasters like the China earthquake which renew my belief in the human spirit; and this story here does just that.

Thoughts about the miracle of life and things which really matter; a wonderful chat with Lenora last night got me thinking about my mommy parts again – tho I will confess to having been thinking about motherhood and pregnancy quite a bit lately, and it isn’t that I think that I want to get pregnant [...]

Maybe I’m a bad mother;  as every gamer knows – Grand Theft Auto IV by Rockstar Games went on sale at midnight.  My son has been bugging me about this for weeks – and since we happen to have a Game Stop right around the corner from us…
Okay – so I gave in.  But there [...]

Today couldn’t have been more perfect. The sun was bright, the skies were clear and blue, and the air was filled with those first hints of early spring unfolding in New England. Before the start of winter we’d hung a birdfeeder in a large white maple tree in our backyard, and as I looked out [...]

It’s been a busier than usual week for me with school being out and with me wearing my “mom hat” and fulfilling my role as my son’s caretaker in chief on a full time basis. As I mentioned Sunday, I’d planned most of my schedule this week around being available to drop everything and give [...]