Years ago, in another life, I taught English and reading to high school students in the suburbs of Chicago. Most often during the summers, I taught an etymology class, where students studied Latin and Greek roots, prefixes and suffixes as a means of improving their vocabulary. The class was open to all students, but most […]
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A Cheerleader In Our Midst
Well, it’s official. I’m the mom of a cheerleader. Practices began in December, but now the games are in full swing. It all began last month with these. Baby-girl was confused when she first got them, but I knew what she I was in for. Specifically, I was in for an hour of separating and […]
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Beach Forts In January
I’ve embraced, with fervor, the drastically warmer winter weather we experience here in coastal Carolina, after so many years of living in Chicago. It should come as no surprise then, when the lunch hour news today reported current temperatures in the 70s and a cooler front on its way (Heavens to Betsy, Earl, it will […]
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A Brief Story Illustrating Why I’m Not Offering Diet Advice
Since I shared with you my pre-diet diet last weekend, I thought I’d share a brief excerpt from my life over the holidays. While we were celebrating Christmas with my family, I had plenty of time to watch my one-year-old nephew eat. And guess what? In large part, because my sister, his mom, is a […]
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An Island Family Epiphany
On Sunday, LCB inadvertently committed me to another project. The small people were lamenting the fact that the holidays were almost over, so LCB proceeded to list a series of positives to look forward to in the coming week (leftover candy, new Wii games to play when we got home, etc.) that ended with the […]
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A Peek At The New Year
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, the New Year doesn’t start until Sunday, but I thought I’d give you a little peek of what you can expect on An Island Mom in 2012, if your ears are available for the lending. 1. For those of you into this sort of thing, baby-girl is starting cheerleading for the first […]