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Archive for the ‘ritual’ Category

May 1st, 2008

Peek into the b5media lifestyles channel and see where we work…

The Lifestyles Channel is inviting readers into their homes for a glimpse of our workspaces.
There’s a place for every blogger, and a blogger for every place. I’ll leave it to you all to figure out how I can blog from my favorite spot… when there’s no computer there!.
 
Sandy Mitchell - All Holidays Cafe 
Gayla McCord - […]

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April 29th, 2008

Where I write

Perhaps Sunday’s post, Sanctuary, gave you a glimpse into the changed life I lead as a single mother…
I wrote that post at my new (to me) desk, a modern piece probably out of the Danish Modern style, narrow and legere and just the perfect space for my bedroom, my sanctuary, my quiet space in a […]

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March 10th, 2008

What’s it like out there?

I’m reeling from the time change. Why, oh WHY do we have to do this? The Kid of course woke up in the middle of the night with some sort of leg spasm brought on, no doubt, from pounding around like a nut on the concrete sidewalks last night on our way home. He’s such […]

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February 7th, 2008

Things I love (it’s not all about being a single mother)

Don Delillo’s novels Underworld and White Noise…

And…
All the amazing bloggers on the b5media Lifestyles channel, who are serving up the love this week with their own, special posts about that special tingly feeling. May we all get the tingles, all the days of our lives.
Tags: happiness, life-after-divorce, love, single-mom, single-mommy, single-motherShare This

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February 4th, 2008

Some thoughts about food, comfort, ritual and the single mother

The King of Everything and I had tunamac for dinner tonight. You know tunamac? You get a box of mac n cheese, cook it up like he box tells you to, and then add canned tuna and hot peas to the mix. It’s one of our favorite comfort foods. I can even remember the ex […]

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December 22nd, 2007

Easy decorating icing for kids… wait, for cookies… for kids to decorate cookies!

We’re making cookies. A lot of cookies. Can you tell I’m a little brain-damaged?
Cooking with your kids is a great way to get some quality time. Ever since my kid was old enough to drag a stool over to the counter, he’s been my sous-chef. “We COOKS! mama!” he’d crow as he stirred and patted. […]

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December 9th, 2007

Getting into the holiday spirit, one tradition at a time…

Once again, the season is speeding by in a red-and-green blur. In a few more weeks it will be over and we’ll all be back to business as usual, going to work, making dinner, reading stories. I’m feeling a little out of it, I suppose because money’s tight and the kid is sick and […]

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November 3rd, 2007

Time to share a little happiness

I don’t remember if I ever wrote about Halloween this year. Suffice to say, it was amazing. When I was growing up, we had a drought of Halloweennes due to some nut who put razor blades in apples and poison in candy, etc. etc. Halloween was canceled for my generation, and I didn’t have high […]

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September 29th, 2007

Fall fun for your little family

Last year when my husband and I broke up, I stared at a desktop calendar–you know, one of those big paper ones that you put down on your desk–and stared in horror at all those blank days stretching before me. The beginning of the rest of my life, yes, but also an unknown path down […]

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September 22nd, 2007

the magic of movies

There’s this hip, nondenominational, warmfuzzy church in my town that puts on such family favorites as the Easter Eggstravaganza and a Mother’s Day luncheon that makes moms smile. They aren’t marketing Jesus. They don’t mention God. They just promote family and happiness and make memories in my neighborhood. I heart them.
Last night, the King […]

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