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Category Archives: kids
Monday Musings: For One Night, Magic and Light Beat Out Doom and Gloom
Forty-one years ago, after an emotionally difficult sophomore year in college, I took a job as a camp counselor at a sleep away camp in rural Pennsylvania. I didn’t want to go home, and I didn’t want to stay in … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, kids, nature
Tagged blogging, current affairs, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, mass media, memories, nature, science, space
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Monday Blues: The Hardest Birthday
Yes, another post about our daughter and our loss. A part of me shies from this, wonders if I have written about her too much. “Write something upbeat,” I tell myself. “Something funny, something — anything — that isn’t about … Continue reading
Posted in Family, kids, parenting
Tagged birthdays, blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, death, family, grief, kids, mental health, parenting
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Monday Musings: How Am I? Well, It’s Complicated…
Back in November, just a few weeks after the death of our older daughter, I wrote of the difficulty I regularly encountered answering the question, “How are you doing?” At the time, my emotional state was a moving target. I … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, kids, parenting, Writing Life
Tagged birthdays, blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, death, emotional health, family, grief, kids, memories, parenting, writing, writing life
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Monday Musings Potpourri: Travel, Music, Soccer
I’ve taken a couple of weeks off from the blog recently — a week here, a week there. When I came back to the blog after all that happened last year, I chose to do so on my own terms. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, food, Friendship, Fun, kids, Music, nature, Sports, travel
Tagged art, birdwatching, blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Diego Rivera, family, food, friendship, Jason Isbell, kids, music, nature, parenting, Premier League, soccer, sports, Tommy Emmanuel, Travel, Zac Brown Band
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Monday Musings: My Mother and My Daughter
My mother would be 102 years old today, which speaks to a) how very old I am, and b) how uncommonly old she was when she and my father had me. I was born at the end of the Baby … Continue reading
Monday Musings: The Tyranny of Clocks and Calendars
Many years ago — more than a decade, which boggles my mind just a little — Nancy, Erin, and I went down to Monteverde, Costa Rica, to visit Alex, who was taking the first semester of her junior year in … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, Fun, kids, nature, parenting, travel
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, fun, kids, memories, mental health, nature, parenting, time, Travel, vacations
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Monday Musings: The Power of Dates, the Power of Memory
Today is the 22nd of January. It’s been exactly three months since our older daughter passed away. I didn’t used to care about the 22nd of any month (my apologies to those with a birthday on one 22nd or another … Continue reading
Posted in Family, History, kids, parenting, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, family, history, kids, life issues, memories, narrative, parenting, writing
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Monday Musings: The Emotional Challenge of Writing
Whenever I work with writers who are at the outsets of their careers — whether I’m editing their work for freelance or for an anthology, or teaching them in a workshop, or just talking shop on a convention panel — … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Family, Fantasy, kids, Novels, parenting, Publishing, The Chalice War, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, business of writing, conventions, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, editing, family, friendship, grief, healing, kids, mental health, novels, parenting, publishing, publishing business, short fiction, teaching, The Chalice War: Sword
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Happy New Year and a Musings Post Celebrating Grief (Yep!)
For years now, I have written New Year’s posts, often more than one per holiday. In December, I have often taken stock of the year that’s ending, evaluating my accomplishments, examining my disappointments, trying to make sense of an entire … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, kids, parenting
Tagged blogging, cancer, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, death, family, friendship, grief, kids, mental health, New Year's, parenting
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Checking In and Saying Thanks
It’s been a little over three weeks since Alex, our older daughter, lost her two and a half year battle with cancer. It feels like more. It feels like less. We have had celebrations of her life in New York … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Friendship, kids, parenting
Tagged blogging, cancer, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, death, emotional health, emotional resilience, family, friendship, grief, kids, memories, parenting, writing
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