by Dawn | Sep 1, 2016 | parenting
I’ve never felt comfortable being indoors on beautiful summer days. So recently, I convinced the girls and our dog, Baci to pack a picnic lunch and go for a long walk around the Brookline reservoir. The sun was shining, the geese were flocking, and we...
by Dawn | May 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
The tiger-striped towel hung sadly in the bathroom towel ring, it’s silver stripes half bleached and side seams bedraggled. I looked at this once cotton masterpiece, this towel I love, and realized — I should get rid of it. When I found this hand...
by Dawn | Nov 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
LESSONS I LEARNED FROM CINDERELLA –LESSON 1: GOT LIZARDS? This is the first of a three-part installation of Lessons I Learned From Cinderella. Here we go: First of all, that Fairy Godmother is the bomb. Who couldn’t use a Fairy Godmother to help put things...
by Dawn | Nov 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Screw Mary Poppins I recently watched a documentary about Julie Andrews. With a wistful look in his eye, the interviewer asked Ms. Andrews whether she parented her real-life children the way Mary Poppins and Maria Von Trapp did. She graciously shook her head,...
by Dawn | Jan 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
Funny thing about resolutions. If we’re not careful, they tell us about what we don’t have, what’s missing, what needs fixing, where we’re falling short. Wouldn’t it be a priceless if, this year, the resolution was simply to enjoy all the good that is already here? In...
