One morning last week, I dropped my kids off at school, not realizing a glass jar had rolled into the floorboard beneath a seat. Needless to say, I was mortified when my son accidentally kicked it out in the rush to get to school. It shattered in the car line, blocked traffic, and resulted in … Continue reading You need to smile more.
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Make a bear claw!
Teaching my kids to cook is stressful. As they learn more skills, at any given moment, they could injure themselves. Obviously, this is true all the time, regardless of kitchen efforts, but cooking work is different. Seeing my son with a knife in his hand, forgetting to hold his bear claw, provokes unpleasant visions in … Continue reading Make a bear claw!
Make way for… geese?
There are moments when I'm grateful things happen that force me to be still and wait. I also appreciate this beautiful lesson. It is ok to move slowly and it is likewise reasonable to expect others to be kind and patient when your body and mind are functioning in ways that don't let the hustle … Continue reading Make way for… geese?
I don’t need to add anything to this.
"If we are urgently committed to seeking truth and doing justice, then we will clean up our information processes, systems, and content. We will improve the dependability and trustworthiness of our information. We will not listen to inveterate liars, even if they tell us things that we wish were true. We will value truth, seek … Continue reading I don’t need to add anything to this.
People are still dying.
I understand that some people are uncomfortable by the physical mask I wear when I go inside public and private places. My husband has been ill off and on for months now and we need all of his available sick leave for him, not for him to use because of any illness I might have. … Continue reading People are still dying.
If they were marble gods…
David McCullough died just a few days ago. I grew up around history books. They lined our shelves and I had access to any of them. Learning about who we are and how we came to be was always viewed as a good thing, at least that's how I remember it. McCullough's name was on … Continue reading If they were marble gods…
Because I was too busy…
Because I was too busy, too distracted, focused on other fires and risks, I haven't done the best job at keeping up with our yard. Sometimes, leaving something unchecked leads to a gloriously beautiful chaos. I'm glad I slowed down long enough to look.
Mega Millions
Yesterday, on a whim, I took a friend's advice and bought some lottery tickets. I'm a former math teacher, and understanding the odds, I had absolutely no hope anything would come of my purchase. I did have hope of feeling something different than the nearly ever-present grief I have been feeling. Even if for a … Continue reading Mega Millions
Free Fallin’
Unsurprisingly, my youngest is attached to another Tom Petty song and rightfully so. When he first heard Petty's Free Fallin' on a drive, he immediately said it was good and then asked what it meant. No one had ever asked me what the lyrics meant, and I had never bothered much myself to find out. … Continue reading Free Fallin’
It still hurts…
I'm still struggling to write. It has been nearly two months since I last posted. I appreciate those readers who keep looking and waiting patiently. So much is happening, so many big, terrifying things, and I feel human and small and incapable of making any real change. But I also know that change is what … Continue reading It still hurts…
Beka Tucker 