Miss M Monday

Recently Miss M and I had to make a trip to her pediatrician’s office to make sure she hadn’t come down with a case of strep throat.  Never fear folks, after an hour and a half, we learned it was just allergies!  And while I was grateful to know Miss M wasn’t REALLY sick, there’s [...]

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Miss M Monday

Well Miss M is off camping with her Dad’s family for spring break!  This is, of course, accompanied by the usual complaints of a thirteen year old who’d rather stay home with the television and other electronics.  As different as Miss M and I are, I like the fact that she embarked on this trip [...]

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Miss M Monday

Miss M has a new boyfriend.  By itself, this is nothing new or remarkable.  What is new is the fact that we’ve actually met this one in more than a passing way.  He actually ate dinner with us recently and was even comfortable speaking more than the shyest greeting to the adults.  I like that, [...]

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Miss M Monday

Miss M is mostly an accommodating person when it comes to my whims.  Yesterday I dragged her out at dusk to take a few pictures.  She thinks the “new” Polaroid ProPack is cool and was more than happy to time the pictures for me.  Yet she was completely unwilling to put on sensible shoes – [...]

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Miss M Monday

It is a frightening thought that next year Miss M starts high school!  Although, I have to admit, I’m not nearly as nervous about  her starting high school as I was about the transition from elementary to middle school.  I think this is largely due to the fact we have a well established car pool [...]

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Miss M Monday

I’ve tried and tried to teach Miss M a little common sense.  Once again I have evidence that I have failed.  As Miss M and I were on our way home, after I picked her up from youth, she began complaining that her feet were cold.  I looked down and realized that she was wearing [...]

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Miss M Monday

I’m afraid that one of the things I seem to have utterly failed to teach my daughter is to put her things in her room.  Okay, to be fair, I’ve tried, she just seems incapable of learning.  So frequently I have to tell her to gather up the miscellaneous items she has left around the [...]

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Miss M Monday

Last week I mentioned the struggle it is to keep food in the house with Miss M and the crazy stream of snack requests I get from her if I let her know I’m going to the grocery store.  Sometimes I get random requests for things even when I’m not planning on making a shopping [...]

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Miss M Monday

Miss M has always been a skinny kid.  But now that she’s hit the teenage years she’s finally starting to look healthy…still trim, but not so angular.  I know how this new look has been achieved too…the kid has been eating faster than I can keep the fridge and pantry stocked!  It’s becoming almost comical. [...]

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Miss M Monday

Miss M is one of those teenagers who is very comfortable with adults.  I’m uncertain whether this is just a function of her own unique personality or the fact that we have friends who treat her like a person and seem to enjoy having her around.  I always liked grown-ups more than other kids when [...]

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