Well, we got the results back from my daughter’s EEG. As I mentioned last week, we took Ruby in for her second brain scan recently, and it was not a fun appointment for us. It appeared to us that her seizure condition had not gone away, but they would not tell us anything at the […]
Category Archives: Ruby
Kindergarten Lockdown Drill
Every day when I send my daughter off to kindergarten, I am making a huge assumption. I am assuming that she is safe. I am assuming that everybody is always nice to her and that her days are filled with learning to read and riding unicorns over rainbows. No, I am not just sending her […]
An Appointment With Heartbreak
A year and a half ago my daughter was diagnosed with epilepsy. She was just turning four, and what she called “her ears turning off” were in fact petit mal seizures, which we were able to completely control with medication. She had no incidents for almost a year, and then last Christmas there were two […]
What My Two-Year-Old Stole From Victoria’s Secret
We had a pretty busy day at the Tenor Dad household yesterday. Ruby had her school pictures and, because this is 1978, we will know what they look like in just a few short weeks or months. But it was not only school picture day! It was also the day that we had to take […]
Why My Daughter Can’t Have Super Hero Underwear
In my house, the only difference between boys and girls are their genitals. We do not differentiate between “girl toys” and “boy toys.” We do not separate out the “boy shows” from the “girl shows,” and we certainly do not restrict clothing choices based on gender. I mean, we don’t put my son in dresses, […]
No Child Left Ahead
Ruby has now completed her first full week of Kindergarten. They started the year with a three day week of half-days (the afternoons were for individual student evaluations) and of course with Labor Day the following Monday they had only a four day week. Now, with a full five day week under our belts, we […]
Putting Together a Loft Bed Without the Instructions
Since we moved, way back in May, our two children have been sharing a room for the first time. She’s 5, he’s 2, they can just deal with it, right? Well, Edward has not been sleeping well, and he has been bothering Ruby, so she hasn’t been sleeping well either, and the whole room really […]
First Day of Kindergarten
Well, it finally happened. Ruby is off to public school and we’ll never get her back again. I suppose that sounds a little melodramatic, but it’s true. She was so excited about starting school, and the instant we walked out the door, she abandoned us to hold hands with her friend. It was very cute, […]
Letting Go: Further Confessions of a Former Collector
As many of you will know from a previous post, I am in the process of cleaning out my life. I am trying to get over my attachment to stuff, and as I have recently learned, it is not so much a decision as it is a slow, painful journey. As part of my rehabilitation, […]
A Well Rounded Child
Sometimes I worry that my children are going to be too much like me. I mean, of course they are going to be somewhat like me, but really what I hope is that they can take all the best parts of me, plus the best parts of everyone else on the planet, and become some […]