The Most Connected, Disconnected Generation
The kids were crying and hugging each other, declaring “Love you!” whenever one of them piled their belongings into a parent’s car or a New York City taxi to leave for home. Their heartbreak was palpable, their connection undeniable. I was watching this going on around me as I sat on the bench last weekend outside […]
Bring Your Son’s Ukulele to Work Day
The older child made a request: Please bring me my ukulele. And a coffee maker. And coffee. The ukulele, I could see. When one is spending the month at a precollege program, sleeping in the dorms and sitting in class all day, a young man needs his ukulele. Of course. But the coffee maker? In […]
What Are Your Kids Putting in Their Eyes?
You can’t unsee what you’ve seen, and other people’s real life horror is not something to carry with you through life.
MommaSaid Field Trip: Seattle by Microsoft
What I learned, loved, and ate at the Microsoft #ChampionsSummit brand ambassador trip.
We’re Gonna Have Fun, Dammit!
So we go about the business of making memories, Instagramming and Facebooking them along the way as proof that we are excellent modern parents.
The Road Ahead is Here Now*
I read Bill Gates’ “The Road Ahead,” the Microsoft CEO’s manifesto about the “Information Superhighway,” which is 90’s-speak for “the interwebs.”
Grace and Fuel on My Son’s 18th Birthday
About all anyone at the retreat knew about me is that my name is Jennifer, I am from New Jersey, and I prefer the meat-eater’s line at the buffet.
