While I have a set of fairly regular readers here at Running With Books, many of the daily visits I get are from people who have done a search on Google and are looking for information or answers to their questions. I figure the least I can do is try to address the issues that [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 23, 2008
Three Mysteries of Fame
We are Roman Catholic. There was a long period of time in my life where I went to church every Sunday, most notably, when I was a child and had no control over my Sunday mornings. In my college years I didn’t attend church very regularly, but started going again when I met my husband [...]
June 20, 2008
Beauty School Dropout
“PLEASE mom,” my six year old son Snags begged. “Please let me give you a make over. Please?”
I tried to convince him to do something else, clean up his toys, get ready for bed, read a book, even sit idly and watch TV, but he wasn’t interested. He only wanted to give me a makeover.
“I [...]
June 16, 2008
The Choking
Have you ever seen a person choke? If you’ve seen it in the movies, or on a sitcom, it doesn’t count. You have to see it in person to understand how truly frightening it is. And when it’s your own child who is doing the choking, it’s much, much worse than anything you can imagine.
Snags [...]
June 10, 2008
Caterpillars and Moths Indoors! Oh, My!
It all started several weeks ago as I was walking my son home from school and we came across a caterpillar crossing the sidewalk.
“Look, Mom,” Snags said, as he pointed at the caterpillar. “I wish I could keep it.”
I thought about it for a minute. What’s the harm, I thought. “You can,” I told him.
Snags [...]
June 4, 2008
Forty
Wow. So I’m turning forty in a few days. 40. 40!
But you know, I don’t FEEL forty. And I don’t think I LOOK forty.
Except a few things that have happened over the past few days have really made me question how I am perceived by others.
There is this: A dermatologist gave me a prescription for [...]
June 1, 2008
Happy Blogiversary To Me (or How My Cousin Saved My Nose Piercing)
Exactly one year ago today I wrote my first post on this blog. For those of you with nothing better to do than watch reruns, I will point you to that post here.
Since that time one year ago, I have written 125 posts; kind readers have left me 798 comments; and this blog has been [...]
