Tough Cookie Mommy | September 30, 2009
WTomorrow is my nephew, Jonathan’s, sixth birthday. Remembering his birthday has really got me thinking about the whole business of birthdays. Personally, I love birthdays, especially mine. It seems like you wait all year for your special day and you are possessive of it as if that day was created specifically to pay homage to [...]
Tough Cookie Mommy | September 29, 2009
This weekend, my Godson came to visit us from Spain. He will be here for three weeks to study English with a few of his University classmates. We spend a lot of time talking and catching up and I eventually asked him if he was considering coming to live in the United States at some [...]
Tough Cookie Mommy | September 28, 2009
October 5th, 2009 is World Teachers’ Day. It is a day that has been set aside to recognize teachers and to acknowledge the many contributions that they make to our respective societies. It is really amazing, when you think about it, that all of the great leaders of our time were, at one point, influenced [...]
Tough Cookie Mommy | September 27, 2009
Yesterday afternoon I attended my Sister In Law’s baby shower. It was a much anticipated event as I had pretty much planned the entire event with the assistance of her mother. All in all, everyone had a great time and I really enjoyed myself. However, today, I found myself to be exhausted and achy the [...]
Tough Cookie Mommy | September 25, 2009
This summer was really amazing and I had a wonderful time with my children. I used every opportunity to enjoy the beautiful weather with them outdoors. One of our favorite places to go is the neighborhood park where the boys can frolic under the sprinklers and basically run around and tire themselves out. I am [...]
Tough Cookie Mommy | September 24, 2009
This afternoon, one of my students, Treshaun, asked me if I lived in a house. I responded that I did and he looked shocked as he asked me, “they have houses in the Bronx?” Such a sad question from a beautiful and inquisitive child. You see, to him, the possibility of living in a home [...]
Tough Cookie Mommy | September 22, 2009
As I arrived home today I mentally checked off the items on my daily “to do” list. I entered the house and sat down with my six year old to help him with his homework and to supervise him while he completed it. This is part of our afternoon ritual and I relish in the [...]
Tough Cookie Mommy | September 20, 2009
I recall when my husband and I first talked about having children that one of the points that we vehemently agreed upon was that we wanted to teach our children to be polite, to have good manners, and, above all else, respect others. Maybe this is because of the way that we were raised by [...]
Tough Cookie Mommy | September 19, 2009
Today has been a very unusual Saturday because I spent the day at work. I don’t normally work on weekends but volunteered to attend a professional development workshop as I couldn’t pass up the extra money they paid us to attend. Having to attend totally sucked up some valuable weekend rest time but I’m sure [...]
Tough Cookie Mommy | September 12, 2009
It has been a really busy week what with the “back to school” rat race commencing and having to go back to work after being off for two months. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you how much that truly sucked. It was especially difficult to leave my boys to go back to work [...]
