Well who knew – Halloween is not celebrated in Australia! I knew it, but I guess I was in denial, thinking “really? they don’t? come on, that’s crazy talk!” But they don’t . On the morning radio show, they were talking about how much they HATE Halloween and how stupid it is, how if anyone [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 28, 2008
Accepted!
I feel like Cameron got accepted to Harvard or something! I got a call this afternoon from one of the kindergarten’s he was on the waiting list at, with news that he has been accepted! Which really only means that some other kids on the waiting list decided to go somewhere else, so now there is room for [...]
October 24, 2008
Just a few observations, and what I think Jake will be when he grows up.
I have noticed this from the beginning, but I can’t keep my mouth shut any longer. In America, dads are involved in family life, but not in the way I have seen here. In the US, I have seen dads “wearing” babies from time to time: on the weekend maybe at the zoo or the [...]
October 22, 2008
Conscious of my self, but not self-conscious
I think there is a difference, I could be wrong. While talking to Cameron at the pizza restaurant this afternoon I once again realized that I am conscious of how I talk. I am not actively trying to talk quiet, or don a fake aussie accent, heaven knows that would make it even more obvious! But I feel [...]
October 20, 2008
Finding beauty in the day-to-day life
We can all see beauty in mountains, a crystal blue ocean, in the face on a magazine, a painting on a wall. But finding it in your everyday life, just taking that extra second to see things, instead of rushing past them, in a hurry to get someplace. It has taken me moving to the [...]
October 19, 2008
Going it alone…sort of.
It is a strange feeling, and I didn’t even realize it until last night, that I am all alone here with my 2 boys. All by myself in this huge country, far far away from everyone and everything I know. Craig had to go back to Boston for a convention, that we knew about before we [...]
October 16, 2008
I swear, you were just 14 yesterday! (and the calendar says Oct 17 in Australia)
Happy Birthday, my sister! I won’t reveal your age, but really, weren’t we just 14 and 10? How did this happen? Time, it has a way of sneaking up on us I guess. But honest, no lie, you don’t look a day over 30, even though we all know you ACT like my mother [...]
October 15, 2008
8 years, looking back
I know 8 years is not that long, in the grand scheme of one’s life. But these past 8 years have been so full, of so many great things, of finding our way and making it work. Living in 2 states, 2 houses, welcoming 2 amazing children, having 2 cats, dealing with the day-to-day stress of life, looking [...]
October 13, 2008
Letter to Jake
Dear Jake,
Teeth. You are getting teeth like crazy, my dear son.
Baby book. Wrapped in tan paper, packed in a box, along with photo albums and other books, among many other boxes in a large crate. Location: unknown. Maybe it is on the ship right now, maybe it is still in the storage facility waiting [...]
October 13, 2008
The Sherman Brothers were so right…
It’s a world of laughter
A world of tears
It’s a world of hopes
And a world of fears
There’s so much that we share
That it’s time we’re aware
It’s a small world after all
There is just one moon
And one golden sun
And a smile means
Friendship to ev’ryone
Though the mountains divide
And the oceans are wide
It’s a small world after all [...]
