There is a girl. Her name is June and Jacob is “in love.” It is a true summer love. Two “neighborhood” kids meeting up at the pool by day and running in the grass playing tag by night. June lives about 10 boats down from us here in Montauk and everyday Jacob makes his way …
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Please raise your hand with me.
It started with hair for me. I wanted to be blonde. And at age 8 I began my blonde journey. Just two hours and bam, blonde. Mission accomplished. And while I’m sure Barbie and the Norwegian blonde blue-eyed descendants that made up the majority of my 2nd grade Minnesotan classroom played a role, there was another …
The fall of the institution in the era of the impact generations
The collapse of the institution, the rise of the individual. The workplace has slowly been morphing to meet the 21st century economy, an economy of AI and tech that forces us to reimagine the how and needs of what we call “work.” We see it everywhere. The disruption of the real estate business model with …
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School Administration resource
This is for the school administrators who are by no means having an August. This was sent to me by a fellow Nightwing parent. Just another resource to help you through this pandemic: http://covid-exposure-modeler-data-devils.cloud.duke.edu
Flags everywhere
They are everywhere. Flags everywhere. Right in our backyard. First sight of the day. In our happy place where only sights of sunsets, fishing rods, and bobbing sailboats were before, now have waving statements of division. TRUMP 2020 And you can feel it in the air. It is as if someone drew a line in …
NEED some NEAD?
Are you in need of some good news? Here is one! Jacob is NEAD (No evidence of active disease) We are cancer free over here! First time they were TOTALLY clear (there has always been this “one little spot” we were watching)! Happy Dance time!
Therapy Dropout
To the theme of beauty school dropout. Therapy dropout, (Therapy dropout) Got no time for that talk. Therapy dropout (Therapy dropout) Can we do this while I walk?! While I know this is good to do Who has that time? I just want to pop a pill And go back to my child’s side. I …
COVID rubric
I believe COVID should be treated as a learning/ psychological disability. It should be classified in the DSM. It will eclipse any disorder. It will be the largest disability in the world. Take that anxiety! Or is this a sub category of anxiety? Hmmm…I will leave that to the professionals to figure out. But let’s …
Relative for them too
Turns out it is all relative for them too. Kids also measure their life by relativity. Often using their closest control, a sibling. Today I messed up. Or rather I broke his trust. I never surprise Jacob with his day. He is always aware of what will happen to him. “First you will get your …
Three months at a time
Our 3 months are up. That is our schedule. Three months of life at a time. Three months of breath at a time. Three months… It’s scan week. Jacob will have an MRI, an MIGB scan, bone marrow sample surgery, and possibly a PET scan. The scan (AHHH) anxiety is real. Time to flick!
