Monthly Archives: November 2012
CHILDREN’S BOOK REVIEW: A Special Roundup of 3 Books
I will save the backstory for another, more well-thought out post about why we now have these books in our house. It’s a story that I want to share more fully, just not right now. But suffice it to say … Continue reading
Digital Divides, Cultural Divides: Turkey Edition
While sitting on the couch with M last week, the convo went down like this: M: Mom, what’s a wee-wee? Me (Laughing): Um, where did you hear that? M: At school we were going around the table saying what we … Continue reading
Thankful
Maybe because it is November. Maybe because it reminds me of just how deeply M thinks sometimes and how things affect her in a way that often seems profound. Maybe because I am acutely aware these past few weeks about … Continue reading
Only But Not Lonely
This is a piece that I wrote almost a year ago and submitted to several magazines for publication (so many that I had to change M’s age from four to four and a half at one point just to keep … Continue reading