After five months, the nerve damage from my implants-gone-wrong is still only about 50 percent better. The constant tingling, itching and lip weirdness drive me completely crazy. Several people have tossed out the idea of a lawsuit, but I can’t imagine doing that. Up in Chico, schools continue to be mask-resistant, which reinforces for Eleni and Jason the necessity of having sent Ember to school down here. Meanwhile, in his homeschool language curriculum Jesse learned […]
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Eastward Ho!
My little granddaughter is a complicated person: affectionate, headstrong, bright, spirited, cheerful, opinionated, creative, competent, resourceful, and fun. She’s holding it together in the face of major challenges, though she knows (because I’ve told her) that she doesn’t have to be a model child all the time. Imagine adjusting not only to a new school, new people and unfamiliar educational concepts, but also to different home rituals. She’s doing so well, and I’m proud of […]
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Last night’s dream: I had inherited a giant and elegant house. It was an amazing, one-of-a-kind place with vaulted ceilings, numerous great-rooms (what is a great-room, anyway?) and a bowling alley, but it was so vast that I kept getting lost in it. And while I adored it, I was perpetually concerned about how I’d pay for its upkeep. Em is doing great. So am I. It’s a joy to have her here, and she […]
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I found another favorite mug that will go into hiding for a few months (also a present from my sister). It is lovely having Ember here, though her presence is a hard thing to document due to her aversion to being photographed. We walked down to her new school on Sunday to find her classroom, but the play yard was still locked up tight, though the sign said it wasn’t. On the way, we passed […]
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