Friday night was the Lantern Walk at Tin’s Waldorf school. This was his/our third year doing the ritual and it has become so ingrained in him as an annual that he thinks of the Lantern Walk in the same list as Hanukkah, his birthday, his homecoming anniversary, etc. We sing songs and make a paper lantern from the painting that the kids do and then on the night of the Lantern Walk, the kids carry…
My surge in activity landed me with a horrible head cold and laryngitis – thank goodness I’m a writer and not a singer is all I can say. Thursday, I went to see the Robert Glasper Experiment at the newly renovated Civic Theater. And because it was a school night and my babysitter is in high school, I had to leave just as they were warming up. I’m not the only person/parent who has trouble…
I have to remind kick myself every day in order to remember that I don’t know anything because I don’t. When your mind gets anxious, it’s because you are worried about the outcome of something – the trick is you think you know the outcome and you worry, but the truth is that you don’t know it – you haven’t met all the people in the world, you haven’t been to all the places in…
I was sitting on a blanket in the sun today and I was telling a friend how I had developed the art of serial monogamy without missing a beat – yet there were always flashes of time when it was just me. At 20, on a ferry going to Ship Island, I leaned back and watched the Gulf gently toss us to and fro – I was light and giddy and perfectly unattached. At 24,…
Well, it’s happening. I’m coming out of my hibernation, at last. Thursday was Halloween and no one who has a kid may opt to stay home. So in the morning, I dressed my fire breathing dragon for school and let him heat my tea water with his fire breath: Then in the early evening, Tin changed into an astronaut and we ventured over to our old stomping grounds in Faubourg St. John to partake of…
Tomorrow is All Hallow’s Eve, which I heard today has become the second biggest holiday in this country. Considering the amount of decorations that are in front of my house right now, I’d say I’m down. This holiday resonates with me on a much deeper level – other than in my dreaming life, it is the only day that I might come close to those who have passed as the veil between us thins. I…
I woke this morning at a little after five and was able to do all of the things that I wanted to do because I knew this day was about hitting the ground running. I meditated for 15 minutes and then went into the living room, which has become my solace to sit on the sofa and read a book with my one cup of decaf coffee. It’s a magical time that I cherish. I’m…
Since I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Disease, I have met more than two dozen people ranging in age who also have it. Hashimoto’s Disease is an autoimmune deficiency that causes your body to attack your thyroid trying to eventually kill it off. Taking Synthroid counter balances this attack and stabilizes your thyroid. For some people, they can stabilize their thyroid in a matter of weeks, for me it took one year, and for others it…
Tomorrow morning I begin a new project/new client with multiple deadlines over the course of the next few weeks. November also begins a seriously busy social calendar that includes, but is not limited to, two 40th birthday extravaganzas, one Prince Dance Party, one Robert Glasper concert, and a trip to San Francisco for a good friend’s son’s bar mitzvah. I know right now on this evening of October 27th that life is about to go…
Tin and I drove to Franklinton today to change the flowers on my mother’s grave and go to my cousin once removed’s wedding reception. Along the way, we stopped in to see my uncle who just got finished rebuilding my grandmother’s original house off the Old Choctaw Trail. As we walked through the newly built house, I tried to remember the footprint of the old house. The floors were gorgeous – all refurbished planks from…