Speaking of empathy |
| Published: November 7, 2007, 1:34 pm |
| Tags: family, the story of my life, homeschool, working from home |
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My mother-in-law took Madison again this morning so I could have time to stare at the computer screen and not write. (I took some notes and did some free writing but I’m at the stuck point when you just keep pounding the keyboard waiting for something to come through.) When she came back they brought incense, (which Madison calls “college” because when Jessica gave me a box of it last Christmas I took a big sniff and said, “Mmmm, smells like college!”) and a big smudge stick to stick in our bathroom. Then she stood and talked a little bit and let me be angsty. You know, missing her son (and feeling a little foolish because I know having a husband missing for less than a week is really nothing) and missing my son (although not as much as his father because his father lowers my blood pressure while my son tends to raise it). And a little bit about this fantastical switch we’ve made of having us both home full-time and me working in the basement and [ Full article ] |
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