From Ice Queen to Princess

Tag: parenthood

  • Two Worlds

    A baseball game in July in Tennessee. An all black team versus an all white team playing for the World Series Championship. Two black umpires. LaVergne versus Brentwood. One loud crowd and one quiet. One with chants and cheers and one with jeers and golf claps. I hate it. I hate the bad calls. I…

  • Shut the Door!

    How many times have you hollered at your kids, “Shut the door!”  The summer was just starting and already I was tired of saying it.  Tired of the heat.  Tired of the flies.  The problem was a problem of knowledge.  Each one of my children, even the three-year-old, knows how to physically shut the door.…