A couple of my best-holy-days-ever happened this spring.
For a Bahá’í trying to take the day off from work or school, a holy day can sometimes be a lonely experience if it happens on some random weekday. We don’t have particular shrines to visit or rituals to undergo, spending the afternoon whiling away the hours inside […]
My first-grade neighbor, who travels to and from elementary school with us daily, has been wearing Burberry Brit the last two days. And not just a gentle little streak of it behind her ear, either—no, she’s got it full-force slathered onto her hands and neck, from the smell of it.
My youngest child’s pre-school teacher was […]
Now that I’ve claimed to emerge from it, I find that I really don’t want to be so exposed right now. Wasn’t the period of hibernation—that is, winter—supposed to last longer?
A few things have changed abruptly in the recent weeks, most significantly including a new job in the family. This has altered our routines and […]
So far, the diagnosis of toxic synovitis has stuck. My son is still limping heavily and is supposed to be on bed rest. He’s also on Alleve, which has the unfortunate stigma of being for (possibly elderly) folks afflicted with arthritis. Fortunately, my son doesn’t know about this stigma—at 10:00 pm, while trying to force-feed […]