It’s Sunday night after Thanksgiving. For a lot of us, that means a quieter house. It means the college kids have gone back to school. It means I don’t have to wait my turn for the washing machine. It means there’s another countdown to when I’ll have a full house again. It also means that … Continue reading Matching Set
Spectator Sport
Is cross country a spectator sport? Yes. And no. Maybe. Well, it depends. I’ll try to explain. I’m a first time Cross Country Mom. My son ran with the high school team as an eighth grader this fall. (He ran last year too, but I feel like it was … Continue reading Spectator Sport
Time Capsule
Middle Daughter graduated from high school almost three months ago. Then, the summer seemed to stretch out before us like we had all the time we could possibly want. Now there are only days before she moves into her college dorm. I haven’t really been processing this. I’ve simultaneously been staying very busy … Continue reading Time Capsule
Adventures in Babysitting
Recently my thirteen year old told me he’d like to start babysitting. We began brainstorming all the ways to keep little kids busy; simple games and activities, etc. I signed him up for a local 4-H babysitting course. I offered him out to some friends as a “mother’s helper” to learn some skills before … Continue reading Adventures in Babysitting
The Week of Red Bliss
Snapshots from Senior Week/Graduation It was a week of red bliss- which accurately describes both my face and the potato salad I overbought. (Thursday) Middle Daughter kept looking at me, “Don’t cry Mom,” she’d said. Of course that didn’t help, and the tears came anyway. I looked away but I didn’t want to. … Continue reading The Week of Red Bliss
How to Deal
This is a picture of a closed door. This is very common in my house. I have teenagers. I should write a blog titled “How to Deal with Cranky Teens.” It could be one of the shortest blogs in history. It could start out like this… “I don’t even know.” And it … Continue reading How to Deal
For Just Two Minutes
*Names have been changed to protect privacy* I don’t have any more macaroni necklaces hanging in my jewelry box. My kids have long outgrown handprint art for Mother’s Day. Is it acceptable for me to make handprint art for Middle Daughter’s 18th birthday or for her graduation? Milestone birthdays have a way of … Continue reading For Just Two Minutes
Among Us
I am so bad at video games. Truly. So. Bad. I’m so bad at video games that the average person would have to really work at it to suck as much as I do. I’m so bad at video games that my son asks me to play Mario Brothers with him when he needs … Continue reading Among Us
Too Much and Never Enough
(Inauguration Day, January 20, 2021) My cheeks hurt and my heart is racing a bit. What is this? Happiness and excitement and hope. That’s what this feels like. When Kamala Harris walked through the glass doors and took her seat for the inauguration, I burst into tears. It was an unexpected reaction. … Continue reading Too Much and Never Enough
The Gift
Honoring KTC club members (photo by glmulroy) It’s been ten months and one day since the Knights Theater Company gathered in the 900 seat auditorium for what would be the only performance of “A Chorus Line”—a rough draft-turned dress rehearsal, with some incomplete costumes, a few absent students, and a soundtrack instead of an … Continue reading The Gift
Gretchen L. Mulroy 