tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1646782 2013-05-11T23:53:43-07:00 the cacophony of motherhood TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a3883401901c14bab1970b 2013-05-11T23:53:43-07:00 2013-05-11T23:53:43-07:00

Dear Petunia and Dash, Someday you will learn how babies are made, and it will not match with my theory, which is that life-creation involves the removal of a piece of a mother's heart, the attachment of arms and legs...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2013/05/a-letter-to-my-kids-on-mothers-day.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a3883401901babddd6970b 2013-04-28T23:17:20-07:00 2013-04-28T23:17:20-07:00

A couple of months ago, I lost the greatest man I have ever known, my grandfather, Dick Rossy. Pap would have been 88 on April 25th. Had I to pick but one word to describe Pap, it would be "servant."...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2013/04/when-grandpa-was-here.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a3883401901b8f9e60970b 2013-04-24T23:15:44-07:00 2013-04-25T21:53:33-07:00

So, about that move ... it is still happening, as in: we moved in, and then we moved partway out, and now we are about to move back in again. If I told you all of the reasons for that,...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2013/04/distraction-from-drowning.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a38834017eea19e9e5970d 2013-04-08T23:47:07-07:00 2013-04-08T23:44:56-07:00

It feels like just yesterday that I arrived in NorCal, unpacking too many boxes and setting up shop in what I thought might be my last house. Life has a way of making a joke of the best-laid plans, does...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2013/04/on-the-move-again.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a38834017d41b6902b970c 2013-03-10T22:00:32-07:00 2013-03-11T07:20:58-07:00

Tomorrow is a big day: March 11, the date that Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In book will be released to the public, finally. At long last, the book will not be judged by just its cover, or its author, or the...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2013/03/tomorrow-we-all-lean-in.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a38834017d416f7aec970c 2013-03-03T00:03:24-08:00 2013-03-03T00:05:43-08:00

Dearest Dash, My very favorite moment of my pregnancy with you came when your big sister, Petunia, age 4.5, announced to her pre-K class that her mama was having a baby very soon -- and it was either going to...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2013/03/for-dash-not-a-dragon-age-8.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a38834017c36f21913970b 2013-02-18T11:49:17-08:00 2013-02-18T11:50:21-08:00

As I write this post, Petunia is on an exchange program to a faraway foreign land. Okay, not exactly ... she is in Canada, but she is clear on the other side of Canada, though not so clear on the...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2013/02/you-are-almost-here.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a38834017ee87d5f61970d 2013-02-14T02:00:00-08:00 2013-02-13T22:34:53-08:00

Valentine's Day has been my favorite holiday since I was six years old. What's not to love about love? Everybody loves somebody, right? So, as usual, my house is bedazzled with red, pink and white hearts galore; love is in...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2013/02/love-looks-different-now.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a38834017d402152c2970c 2013-01-17T21:02:06-08:00 2013-01-17T21:02:06-08:00

Soon, I'll offer a post on my recent trip to SoCal with my kids. The closest thing I can compare it to is a visit to Oz -- not that I've been there, but, if I had been, I'm pretty...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2013/01/be-here-now.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a38834017d3f30642a970c 2012-12-25T21:52:19-08:00 2012-12-25T21:51:21-08:00

As I tucked in my children tonight, I read to them from the book of Matthew, reminding us all of the birth story that begat today's celebrations. Though it is the story of the joyous birth of our Christ, it...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2012/12/christmas-by-night.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a38834017d3f064252970c 2012-12-20T23:06:14-08:00 2012-12-20T23:06:14-08:00

How many times have I grabbed for my laptop over this past week, only to being writing a blog post and then to cast it aside, for my words have lost their meaning and my feelings cannot be described adequately...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2012/12/tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a38834017ee61a3ab7970d 2012-12-09T21:26:55-08:00 2012-12-09T21:32:23-08:00

I have written half a dozen holiday posts, and I have scrapped every one. In them, I have tried to explain why I chose not to write a gift guide this year; and, while I can offer a hundred reasons,...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2012/12/the-holiday-post-that-wasnt.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a38834017c33cbcb4a970b 2012-11-21T21:14:27-08:00 2012-11-21T08:03:18-08:00

A year ago, our family of four celebrated our last Thanksgiving as a together family. I remember it so vividly. With no extended family in town, we decided to splurge on the local Four Seasons, enjoying most especially a dessert...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2012/11/thankful-in-ways-i-never-imagined.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a38834017c336c44d0970b 2012-11-13T19:42:49-08:00 2012-11-13T19:42:49-08:00

Lately, I've felt like the old Maxwell ad. While it's nice to go with the flow, ease with the breeze, the Maxell effect is something different: kind of like being in a wind tunnel, blown away, holding on for dear...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2012/11/in-the-quiet-moments.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a38834017c333f2f8d970b 2012-11-08T21:24:40-08:00 2012-11-08T21:24:40-08:00

There is so much that I want to say about this week's election, most especially about 20 women -- a record number! -- claiming seats in the Senate. I celebrate that progress just as I celebrate President Obama's re-election with...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2012/11/soon-to-come-musings-on-women-in-politics.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a38834017c32e29d01970b 2012-10-28T14:03:18-07:00 2012-10-28T14:02:55-07:00

As I do 'most every Sunday, I took my kids to church today. Unlike most Sundays, I encountered a little bit of resistance. Petunia had homework to finish and was just generally in a funk. Dash wanted to finish building...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2012/10/on-churchgoing.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a38834017ee4741683970d 2012-10-25T21:58:00-07:00 2012-10-25T21:58:00-07:00

It's been quiet here on Rox and Roll ... too quiet. So I'm offering a quick, somewhat boring (sorry!) update on how things are going in the Life of Rox. I'm back to work at my seasonal, part-time gig, October-March,...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2012/10/the-bloggable-update.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a38834017d3c5e7196970c 2012-09-28T11:15:09-07:00 2012-09-28T11:15:09-07:00

Recently, a friend and I had a long conversation about where in the world we'd go if we could go anyplace. My answer: "Paris, always Paris." "For the shopping?" he asked. "No," I replied, "for the women." "Talk about a...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2012/09/going-places.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a38834017744dd0813970d 2012-09-20T00:01:00-07:00 2012-09-19T22:38:21-07:00

Today is my first 39th birthday. I'm told that we have a lot of 39th birthdays, so I need to be that specific. And all I can think is ... yippee! This is going to be a fantastic year. A...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2012/09/39.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e55149f0a38834017c31eac27b970b 2012-09-18T10:11:25-07:00 2012-09-18T10:09:32-07:00

Have I ever been having a lot of "moments" lately! I have found single-parenting to be the perfect balance of excruciatingly difficult and totally awesome, but some days the scales do, indeed, tip one way or the other. And since...

Rox http://www.roxandroll.com/2012/09/that-moment-when-.html