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Entries from May 2004

Ever felt this way?

May 17th, 2004 · 6 Comments

I order it and it takes a while to come. An email says it will be slow. I keep the email in my inbox, keep the order in my mind. I’m waiting. Watching. Where is it? When will it get here? Then Friday morning I swing open the little door with the key and find […]

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Tags: books

“Here, have a cookie.”

May 16th, 2004 · 1 Comment

In the first Matrix movie, the two major female roles are Trinity and The Oracle. Now I’m sure there are thousands of possible dissertation topics within this area of gender and Neo. But I’ll ignore those serious discussions of significance for a little playtime here… Who wouldn’t want to be Trinity? She can hack. She […]

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Tags: matrix

Why bring kids into this kind of world

May 16th, 2004 · 4 Comments

After watching the Nick Berg video, Lenn Pryor felt: What an angry angry world. What a deeply disturbing world. No one is right or wrong any more, we are all wrong. Humans suck. Jason Hasner replied in the comments […] But man, you need to get out and do something real. Go play with your […]

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Tags: family

Ice cream, little girls and a spring evening

May 16th, 2004 · Comments Off on Ice cream, little girls and a spring evening

Messy and melting….all too fast…

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Tags: food

Teach your children well…especially the first one!

May 16th, 2004 · Comments Off on Teach your children well…especially the first one!

Ted and I entered into parenthood with deliberation and intention. We read books, discussed philosophies, observed others, asked questions. Ever since birth, we’ve considered how we were teaching our child, what she was learning from us, how we were shaping her. At night sometimes we evaluate how our parenting going and change directions if necessary. […]

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Tags: motherhood