suzanne bellanger
Being 13 in 2017
As a parent of a newly minted teenager I feel as though I’m constantly navigating land mines and making compromises that keep the beast at bay while simultaneously trying to encourage and nurture her to be the best and happiest person she can be. It’s not easy and a lot of the time I feel […]
MoreBad dream, bitter reality
We can’t go back to yesterday, but we can change tomorrow. Right now that’s how I’m getting through this week. I, like so many others, was absolutely stunned, sickened and terrified on Tuesday night when it became clear that our nation had just elected as our President a man who stands in direct contradiction to everything I know to […]
MoreJust a little thank you, Mr. President
The other night my daughter and I were watching a photo montage that someone, somewhere on some social media site had posted that documented the inner heart of Barack Obama’s presidency and I just have to tell you that it brought tears to my eyes. It left me with a gut wrenching sense of loss. And […]
MoreCranberries Are Cool
Hey, you know what we did today? We went to the Makepeace Farms Cranberry Harvest Festival. And you know what else? It was pretty darn cool. I don’t know why I was surprised by how many people were there or by how much there was to see and do, because on the South Coast of Massachusetts […]
More25.74
My Garmin watch is stopped at 25.74 miles. That’s how far I made it in this year’s Boston Marathon. Another year, another blog post about how the race didn’t turn out as expected. But this time it’s far more devastating and heart wrenching than I could ever imagine last year, when all I was doing […]
MoreCrock Pot Days
The only (and I do mean ONLY) good thing about the frigid Boston temps we’re currently experiencing (yep, it’s 1 degree outside right now- 1 little itty bitty degree) is that it gives me a good excuse to make nothing but soup and crock pot dinners. The other night I made this Moroccan Chicken and […]
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