by Jenny Dean Schmidt | Feb 9, 2012 | CM Mom Bloggers, Lydisms
Lydisms: On Public Speaking and Hope Last week my daughter participated in a poetry and prose festival at her school, in which she and other students memorized spoken pieces of literature to recite on stage. A day before the event, the entire student body, grades K...
by Jenny Dean Schmidt | Dec 30, 2011 | CM Mom Bloggers, Lydisms
Lydisms: The Curse of Multitasking By Lydia Rueger Post-present-explosion, my Christmas day was probably like many moms as I began cooking the day’s big meal while talking on the phone to out-of-state family in between periodically clearing out the living room of toy...
by Jenny Dean Schmidt | Dec 2, 2011 | CM Mom Bloggers, Lydisms
Becoming My Parents By Lydia Rueger A few weeks ago, as I was standing in the checkout line of a store, panic set in. No, I hadn’t forgotten my purse or lost my kids. I realized… a part of me has become my parents. Here’s why: This wasn’t any store. It was a...
by Jenny Dean Schmidt | Oct 26, 2011 | CM Mom Bloggers, Lydisms
Letters to Fairies By Lydia Rueger Hidden under my 6-year-old daughter’s bed or lying in the center of her room or even folded tightly on her bookshelf, I’ve discovered the following letters: Dear Fairys: Cud you plese give me a majic wond so I can fly? Put wond here....
by Jenny Dean Schmidt | Oct 6, 2011 | Lydisms
The Art of Unseen Efforts By Lydia Rueger Recently we took my son, Solomon, to a local art museum for the first time, since he has become a walking, talking, fully-functional, little person. I was a bit nervous, knowing that my 2-year-old has quite a...
by Jenny Dean Schmidt | Sep 21, 2011 | Lydisms
Generation Backlash By Lydia Rueger A couple of years ago, I read Jeannette Walls’ memoir, The Glass Castle. Walls describes her childhood, raised by non-conformist parents who moved frequently, slept in cars, couldn’t keep jobs and generally had trouble functioning...
