The cool thing about being the boss faciltator of the #writerly program is I get to gently nudge people toward types of writing that excite me. And so today is that: a reflection in ~100 words. Every Monday something happens: either the kids leave or they arrive. This is the pattern of co-parenting, our version …
Then Again, Though Lacking
I was sick yesterday, was sick in the sort of way that makes one droopy and useless, overly sensitive and unreliable for anything but draping oneself across surfaces and waiting for some lost thing to return. This is not how I like to be--not the me who has built a life and a self on …
Small Medicines
In 2020, I read palliatively. Dozens and dozens of inspirational fiction novels by an author first introduced to me when I was a child by my now-many-years-gone grandmother. The scrawlings left for me by my kids on their bedroom chalkboard, or folded-to-miniscule post-its hidden on my pillowcase, or stuck to my bedside lamp. The stickers …
A Little Tradition
I almost threw this out, unseen. It was on the reverse side of a worksheet, the side that hadn't been set apart as being for something. One minute I am in rote Mom mode, flipping through, piling and preparing to dispense of the day's stack of first grader school papers, bundle readied for the garbage--and …
Why It’s Awesome to Get Older
One of my best friends turned thirty today, and I had this plan all day of writing her a collection of hilarious happy birthday Facebook posts welcoming her to the big 3-0, and then I got in a totally bad mood about Facebook, and I tried to disable my account, and I did, and I …
A Borrowed Moment of Significance
I'm about to cheat . . . but it's okay because I'm doing this to stay WITH you, Think Kit, not LEAVE you! Day 17: Share a moment that stands out. My most significant moment of this year wasn't really even mine--it was my 6-year-old son Oliver's. His first day of kindergarten. Oliver is our …
On Advice, Or, Jackie’s Accidental Rant on Parenting Books
Think Kit, Day 14!! TK wants to know: Did you get any good advice or learn a valuable lesson this year? What was it? Someone's probably going to be mad at me in a second, because I'm about to say that I haven't received any advice this year. That's PROBABLY not true, and the reason it's …
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Jackie Lutzke 