Revelry Reverie

Grant’s hockey team had an end of season exhibition game – versus the parents. This sat very easy with me, because Bob is the coach, and he plays hockey himself, and this works perfectly. Grant and Bob had other ideas. I can ice skate. That’s about all I can say. Grant desperately wanted me to…

I’m back, baby. I haven’t drawn seriously in a really long time. But I started a few weeks ago, while sitting around watching TV. Then I got a bit more serious, and set up this rad desk I got from my neighbor and cleared out a space in the playroom for myself. And now I…

I recently read Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer. He also wrote Everything Is Illuminated, which I did not read but did watch, and Here I Am, which I have but haven’t read yet. I’ve also read Moonwalking with Einstein, which isn’t by him at all, but is by his brother, Joshua.…

Ten days ago we launched Communities on Tumblr to the whole world. It’s been in open beta for awhile, and in October we added some additional entry points to all users. But Dec 12 marked the official public debut of Communities! We got some press right away, including from TechCrunch, who had this particularly nice…

Not so long ago, I posted about Grant’s ODD, and how difficult it’s been to manage historically. He has grown so much. I think several things have contributed to the changes we’re seeing: appropriate medication (probably the biggest single factor), hockey (he plays three times a week, and it helps him to burn off excess,…

Teenagers! The kids didn’t have school today (the school decided they didn’t want sugared-up monsters careening through the school I guess), so I took the twins and my parents to upgrade Henry’s iPad (Eleanor’s bricked earlier in the summer so she got upgraded then), have lunch, and go to the bookstore. When we got home,…

I’ve been particularly anxious lately. There are a lot of factors, and many which I actually enjoy, like the kids’ sports. I am defacto in charge of Henry’s cross country stuff. Bob is coaching Grant’s hockey team, as well as being on two teams (including one that is the 50+ team – oh how far…

I was away for work for about 30 hours, and Grant missed me. He made me a welcome back goodie bag. Inside was pizza and candy! He knows how to make a gal feel special!

Grant brought this home in his folder. He’s manifesting good days! And he forgot a little how old he is, but whom among us can’t say the same.

Over the years, I’ve developed a mantra of sorts. It goes like this, “I love you. I will always love you. Nothing you do will make me stop loving you.” I use it like a protection spell. I say it to remind myself of the truth of it. I wield it to force through to…