Tales from a mother whose kids will soon fly the coop. Tuesday, June 17, 2008. 5 Running takes a lot of time. Especially if you are slow. This is something I know something - actually a great deal - about. So slow that there is, as of yet, no font size sufficiently small to allow me to type for publication just exactly how long it takes me to run a given distance. 4 Running makes you hungry. As I said, running takes a lot of time.

I heard you talking shit about pitchfork. You were listening to gang gang dance. You always talk about the importance of lady gaga. You have fashionable shoes, glasses, and clothes. Six months before they do. I read on your blog. I shed a single tear. I read on your blog that justice was over.

Moment if ever there was one even as it gave me pause to think. At what point, as a parent, is it okay to loosen the strings on our children, if even only for a little bit? When your child begins to roll her eyes at you during conversations, it is a pretty good indicator that she might not be a child anymore. I am sure that I did it to my own parents. As a parent, how and where do you draw that line? .