Dear fellow wonderer, Here we are smack in the middle of holiday season and who needs another newsletter anyway? Maybe you if you’re like me, finding yourself getting a little lost in the chaos, the organizing, the giving of self that this time of year often demands. Maybe you’re in the thick of life with [...]
A lot of yelling happened in this hallway. Dear fellow wonderer, There’s something about the “gentle parenting” movement that really bugs me–and it’s not that it can create unrealistic outcomes, a point Emily Edlynn lays out wisely. I absolutely agree with Edlynn, but another aspect infuriates me even more. The central guru in this movement [...]
That basket is bigger than it looks. 50+ journals in there. Cherished items, ready to grab in case of fire. Dear fellow wonderer, I’ve been thinking about how a weird and fun question to ask people upon meeting would be, “Do you keep a journal?” Maybe it’s too personal–but I want to know! I’ve been [...]
Dear fellow wonderer, Let me tell you two of my obsessions. One: kids’ quirky interests. Always, forever I’ve loved watching kids and seeing what lights them up. (More on why I believe these interests matter more than ever, below.) Two: time. The passing of it, the portals between now and then, how you can shoot [...]
Dear fellow wonderer, In the lead-up to writing you this week I felt a little bored with the topic I’d made for myself. I’d planned this month to be a sort of follow-up to last month’s theme of how focusing less on kids might be better for them. Part Two: How might focusing less on [...]
After they entertained themselves to exhaustion, 1996. Dear fellow wonderer, Recently I was at an event, chatting with some younger moms when one said, “My kids are never in their bedrooms alone.” Another mom asked if she was worried about unsupervised screen time. No, that didn’t seem to be the issue. The kids were about [...]
Dear fellow wonderer, Hi there! May was definitely a month of change for me. It was a month of having a big birthday and a month of deciding that I want to change things up in this newsletter. That heart-shaped disco ball turns out to be the perfect metaphor for all of it. This was [...]