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A Kinder, Gentler Sort of Summer | Planet Mom
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How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Neighborhood in Five Easy Steps →. August 1, 2015 · 11:21 am. A Kinder, Gentler Sort of Summer. I don’t remember my summers as a kid being the least bit hectic, never mind structured. As I recall, summer was an exercise in deliverance and spontaneity an intoxicating river of endless days and weeks, blurred at the edges, verdant at its core, punctuated by dozens upon dozens of delicious remembrances that pool in the corners of my mind even still. Growing up in the '60s. Humor ...
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May 17, 2016 · 1:04 pm. I realize this isn’t the sort of example I ought to be setting for my daughters always playing it safe, unwilling to step outside my comfort zone in order to reap the benefits that sometimes come with taking risks. As adults I’m hopeful they’ll be more adventuresome than I, delving into cookbooks, experimenting with new recipes they find online, crafting their own from scratch. I’m sure if I had sons I’d feel the same way. In the Trenches of Parentville. An eternal post to which w...
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August 1, 2015 · 11:21 am. A Kinder, Gentler Sort of Summer. I don’t remember my summers as a kid being the least bit hectic, never mind structured. As I recall, summer was an exercise in deliverance and spontaneity an intoxicating river of endless days and weeks, blurred at the edges, verdant at its core, punctuated by dozens upon dozens of delicious remembrances that pool in the corners of my mind even still. Comments Off on A Kinder, Gentler Sort of Summer. Filed under "N" is for Nostalgia. Planet Mom...
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Category Archives: Endless Summer. September 22, 2015 · 2:09 pm. Seems like just yesterday…. Eau de Musty Tent. Dear Departed Summer, it’s likely I’ll miss your fireflies most and the barefoot children who give chase, drinking in the moment, alive with pleasure, racing across your cool, slick grasses without end. Planet Mom: It’s where I live (lamenting the finite quality of summer and desperately searching for the rewind button). Visit me there at www.facebook.com/NotesfromPlanetMom. N" is for Nostalgia.
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“G” is for Guilt | Planet Mom
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Category Archives: “G” is for Guilt. December 2, 2015 · 10:32 am. Mom, please don’t sing in the car. You’re ruining Ed Sheeran for me. And by the way, I had a horrible day at school. Don’t even ask. Now you’re ruining Adele. Please stop. Thankfully though, messages of that ilk usually snake their way through the tangle of thoughts crowding my mind and I actually address what’s bothering the daughter in question. It’s only taken me 27 years of parenting to figure that out. Case in point: Not long ago, at ...
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Ten Ways to Say “Thank you, Dad”. A Kinder, Gentler Sort of Summer →. July 9, 2015 · 3:16 pm. Seems like yesterday when I penned this piece…and lived this life…. I suppose it’s the chore-like feel of the whole rigmarole that gets to me. And the fact that I have to bark those tired orders each and every night like some sort of tyrant: Brush your teeth! Put your pajamas on! Enough with the television already! And Quit fooling around in there and GO TO SLEEP! So as a rule I push the rewind button to review ...
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May 6, 2016 · 11:17 am. 8220;M” is for Motherhood. An eternal post to which we are assigned, willing or not. From the moment our writhing infants, ruddy-faced and wrinkled, are placed upon our chests, motherhood begins in earnest. And although our parent/child relationships shift and season over time, they remain inextricably woven within the fabric of our lives. Not even death can end the appointed role, as a mother’s counsel is sought long after she has been eulogized. Motherhood makes us swell with.
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May 17, 2016 · 1:04 pm. I realize this isn’t the sort of example I ought to be setting for my daughters always playing it safe, unwilling to step outside my comfort zone in order to reap the benefits that sometimes come with taking risks. As adults I’m hopeful they’ll be more adventuresome than I, delving into cookbooks, experimenting with new recipes they find online, crafting their own from scratch. I’m sure if I had sons I’d feel the same way. In the Trenches of Parentville. An eternal post to which w...
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September 22, 2015 · 2:09 pm. Seems like just yesterday…. Conversely, I’ve tolerated a tent in my back yard for 23 days running one that promises to leave a hideous, yellow square where a lovely patch of green grass used to grow. A smallish tent in which I spent an interminable night embracing all that roughing it entails, from mosquito bites and cramped quarters to a lumpy earthen mattress and a less-than-endearing quality of dankness I feared would cling to me forevermore. Eau de Musty Tent. Summer was...
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growing up in the ’60s | Planet Mom
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Tag Archives: growing up in the ’60s. August 1, 2015 · 11:21 am. A Kinder, Gentler Sort of Summer. I don’t remember my summers as a kid being the least bit hectic, never mind structured. As I recall, summer was an exercise in deliverance and spontaneity an intoxicating river of endless days and weeks, blurred at the edges, verdant at its core, punctuated by dozens upon dozens of delicious remembrances that pool in the corners of my mind even still. Comments Off on A Kinder, Gentler Sort of Summer. I don’...