Yesterday was Day 1 of summer vacation for the kids. Without a break I was with them all day. We went to a playdate that included a trip to a sunny splash park and a long car ride. By the time we got home I was ready for a nap. Naturally, my dinner-making ambitions flagged. [...]
I wake each morning to the sounds of the wind rustling (or beating against) the palm fronds at the tops of the trees that are level with our lanai. The sliding door has been pushed wide open, curtains back, to let in the maximum level of Hawaii to our generic but lovely hotel room. And [...]
I’m often so busy Parenting (with a capital P, phrase lovingly coined by Alyssa Brennan) that I forget how flabbergasted I am by love for my children. Every now and then they will look at me in a certain way that makes my entire body vibrate with an overwhelming sense of adoration and responsibility. Stewart [...]
So I just learned that Maui is the only one of the Hawaiian islands named after an ancient deity. Apparently the original human settlers, up from Tahiti, felt that it was the most beautiful and so deserving of a divine name. As I type this, the screeching and hooting and hollering from the luau are [...]
