I am mama bear. My instinct is to nurture, welcome, offer soup, cookies and tea to those who come into my home and family.
I am also papa bear. I am lion. I am protective. I am territorial. I am provider.
Tag Archives: growing pains
you always bring me flowers
The first flowers from our children are dandelions clutched so hard in their pudgy paws that the stems ooze yellow.
Mommy we picked you some beautiful flowers
ground control to Major Tom
I went into the girls washroom and there she was. Super popular. Super skinny. Knock kneed in a way that made me jealous.
We hate you. And you are fat.
She scared me. I was only 8. And for the record, according to my grandmother, I had just the right amount to squeeze.
Later that year my best friend was inviting both of us to her birthday party. She told her if she was going to come she had to be nice to me.
It was a compelling start to a long friendship