8/7/2013 My older daughter is back from an exciting and adventurous trip to South America and happier than I’ve ever seen her. She’s matured in magnificent ways and has such interesting stories to tell. I wish I had been keeping a blog about her all these years. I wish she’d keep a blog of her own. Because of her joy, I was surprised that she would want to deal with her sister so quickly. In fact, she’s only been home…
2/2/2011 Is it okay to go out of town for a few nights and leave this daughter to her own devices? I was originally supposed to go on a major vacation with my mother for two weeks, but because of political unrest (the trip was to Egypt), the tour was cancelled and our visit is postponed until further notice. So, I reduced my vacation time, but need a break pretty desperately. I want to get out of town and just…
1/31/2011 A weekend that wasn’t too bad—possibly even good. I was busy with my friends all day Saturday and my daughter had the day off from me (and from any responsibilities). So it was a win-win situation. I went skiing and she watched TV and dyed her hair black. We had our usual Sunday together, which started off with me being the grumpy one for a change. Her cats scratched at my door and jumped on the doorknob to try…