My family moved from California to a small town in NH when I was 14. While it was hell for me, it was good news for the young families of town. Our family brought three daughters thus populating the babysitting pool for many years to come. Word of mouth spread from our Aunt and Uncle … Continue reading The Willinghams
Growing up
Funny Girl
It’s a new year, and at 20 months, Lo is changing so fast I am afraid I’ll forget. My aspiration for this blog was to record Lo’s day-to-day so that she could have a record. In exchange, she has to put up with my lapses in documentation and my forays into non-Lo subject matter. As … Continue reading Funny Girl
Transitional Objects
If you have a teaspoon of knowledge about child development, you are aware that young children form attachments to certain objects and that these objects help the child “transition” from dependence to independence. My children had “blankies” which we called “nu-nus” but perhaps blankies have fallen from favor now that babies slumber in sleep sacs … Continue reading Transitional Objects
Lo grows
It is with mixed emotions that I announce Lo is leaving infancy behind to become a toddler. She is teetering, and I mean that literally, on the edge of walking. She has sprouted some molars and and has expanded her menu to include most things. She drinks from a cup. She can't talk … Continue reading Lo grows
Returning to Childhood
The older I get, the more I think about my childhood. I am not regressing per se although the inevitable slide toward frailty, forgetfulness, incontinence and death does sound like a good blog topic. What I am referring to is discovering that who I am now is essentially the same person I was as a … Continue reading Returning to Childhood
My Iranian Deployment
The lives of military children (“Army brats”, although we were Air Force brats, a source of snobbery in the military hierarchy) can be difficult. Frequent relocation is burdensome and, since we never lived on military bases, we were often outsiders, the only of our kind. However, there are occasions when being in a military family … Continue reading My Iranian Deployment
5th Grade
5th grade was a tumultuous year for me. As a military brat, I began the year in Tehran, then spent a short stint in Peyton Place’s elementary school and finished up in Falmouth, Mass. Cape Cod was in many ways a dream come true. We were finally close to our relatives, in particular, Nana. There … Continue reading 5th Grade
Lo&Behold 