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Rattlesnakes, Spiders and Bears

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Susan H. Greenberg

Oh my. My son returned home from a two week backpacking trip in the Blue Ridge mountains with some harrowing tales to tell, along with a smelly piece of freshly-killed-rattlesnake skin. A more anxious mother might have banned him from … Continue reading →

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With the Kids Away, the Snoop Will Prey

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Susan H. Greenberg

The house is quiet. The counters are strangely uncluttered. No dirty socks lie balled beneath the coffee table, no empty glasses litter the top. The bathroom sink remains eerily free of toothpaste streaks. Yes, it’s the high point of our … Continue reading →

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Zipping Down the Line

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Susan H. Greenberg

In recent weeks, my son has become obsessed with the idea of building a zip line in our backyard. To me, it sounded like a cockamamie idea–one of his crazy projects that would soon give way to plans for building … Continue reading →

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Holy Mackerel

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Susan H. Greenberg

Like many representatives of his gender, my son is project-driven. Do not ask him to sit and have a conversation, unless it’s about the melting point of copper or where to find 25 pounds of modeling clay. Our house is … Continue reading →

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The Cursing Toddler

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Susan H. Greenberg

Hey, check out my guest post on Scary Mommy, the site of fellow blogger Jill Smokler!

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The Last Armed Democrat

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Susan H. Greenberg

Our arsenal keeps growing. We already own a pretty good quality bow and arrow and several AirSoft guns; for those of you with pacifist sons or daughters only, these are “toy” weapons that shoot little round pellets, which are neither … Continue reading →

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Camp is Just Ducky

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Susan H. Greenberg

It was a 603 number, and the caller ID read, “Merrimack Valley YMCA.” My heart dropped. My 13-year-old son had been at a YMCA sleepaway camp in New Hampshire for a little over a week, and he still had six … Continue reading →

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Bracing for the Crash

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Susan H. Greenberg

I got a very good piece of advice from a friend whose oldest child is a few years older than mine: do not, under any circumstances, buy a new car within two years of your child’s taking Driver’s Ed. My … Continue reading →

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And Don’t Forget to Write

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Susan H. Greenberg

He didn’t even have his cellphone for comfort. Electronics, of course, are not allowed at summer camp, so when we dropped our 13-year-old son off yesterday at the bus that would take him into the wilds of New Hampshire, he … Continue reading →

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My Unaccompanied Minors

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Susan H. Greenberg

Now that the plane has landed, I can admit it: my three kids flew alone together from Boston to Orlando this morning, and I was petrified. For Christmas last year, my sisters-in-law and their partners gave my children the best … Continue reading →

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