Archive for January 2007 | Monthly archive page
On January 9, 2007, an article appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution entitled “Chaos Rules” with a photo of Albert Einstein standing around his very cluttered desk, appearing to be looking for something, with the following quote within the photo: “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk?” –Albert [...]
It was the big news story Tuesday, January 16, 2007. Due to several factors, according to Sam Roberts of the New York Times, “51 percent of [American] women are now living without a spouse,” indicating we can no longer “assume that marriage is the main institution that organizes people’s lives.” As I heard the network [...]
Like many families, my family of origin (with which I grew up) is dysfunctional. We have had our problems, but right now, my father is really going through. My mom passed away in July 2006 from lung cancer (which she dealt with for six years). My father didn’t treat her very well at all (I won’t get into the [...]
If you are a fan of the Fox TV hit “24,” you know that after all Curtis Manning has done for Jack Bauer, Jack killed him to save an ex-terrorist (Assad) on the mend. It turns out that Curtis had “beef” with Assad who was now trying to help Jack and the U.S. government catch another [...]
“Beside every great man is a great woman,” my husband frequently muses. He reminds me often, ”a woman is a man’s most valuable resource.” Dora McDonald, a great ”behind the scenes” woman, passed away Saturday, January 13, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of 81. In 1960, she was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s personal secretary. Nevertheless, she was much [...]
My daughter is in that stage where the world revolves around her (at what stage of a child’s development does that change? Never, you say?). She’ll be 3 years old in May, but she already has an incredible vocabulary and enunciates so very well (I’m not really bragging here, no matter how indulgent it sounds). Last summer she [...]
Baby books giving advice to new mothers abound. There are books which tell you what gender your baby will be depending on the position in the womb. There are books which attempt to show you how to get your baby on a feeding schedule. Some of these books explain how to breastfeed, how to interpret your baby’s cries, what [...]
“There’s no vaccine for it. It will spread until it reaches epidemic proportions. It has already consumed my mind, time, and family. Each time I breathe I exhale blog dust.” –quote by KWiz’s husband Indeed, I’ve caught the “blog bug,” and it is vicious. Since I started my blog in November 2006, I haven’t been able [...]
Well, as I informed you in the last update, I had gained two pounds over the holiday season. I am pleased to inform you that I lost one of those pounds! Slow improvement, but improvement nonetheless. I’ve got a long way to go, but I believe I will reach my goal. My husband tries to help [...]
We all begin as a bundle of bones lost somewhere in a desert, a dismantled skeleton that lies under the sand. It is our work to recover the parts. –Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D. from Women Who Run With the Wolves It is so fascinating to watch my daughter sometimes (well, most of the time). When [...]
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