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The 7/7 Launch Into Motherhood: Everyday Magic, Day 360
With our midwife Ginger right before the birth 22 years ago Daniel was born, catapulting me into the land of no return otherwise known as...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 7, 20113 min read
In Praise of Homecoming: Everyday Magic, Day 359
Take the mail, for instance, and the irrational thrill of a big pile of envelopes, ferreting out the half of them that instantly go into...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jul 5, 20112 min read
Welcome to Adulthood!: Everyday Magic, Day 356
“Welcome to adulthood!”I told my 19-year-old daughter yesterday as she waited in line in a bank with a migraine. She had just told me, “I...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 21, 20112 min read
Happy Father's Day to Those Of Us Who Had Difficult Fathers: Everyday Magic, Day 354
My dad blessing the challah at our wedding while Arden Booth and my sister Jen look on Lately, I see friends use their father’s pictures...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 18, 20112 min read
Living With Men Who Love Storms: Everyday Magic, Day 353
It used to be the man in my house who loved stormed, but since Daniel moved back in, this storm mania went exponential, each of them...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 18, 20111 min read
The Horror & Humor of Family Vacations: Everyday Magic, Day 352
On top of a mountain with Forest and Natalie When I mention to my friend Denise that we’re going on another family vacation, she...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jun 17, 20112 min read
Graduation Wrapped In Weather: Everyday Magic, Days 328-330
It's hard to say where I've been, and so it's hard to say where I'm going, but I know this: I've seen and am seeing some weather. My...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 24, 20112 min read
The Rapture of Graduation: Everyday Magic, Day 326
There’s the rapture of the storm this morning as I lay under blanket with a sleeping cat on my chest, thunder and lightning, and the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 20, 20111 min read
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Parenting: Everyday Magic, Days 290-291
There’s the newborn honeymoon when I was so glad to be out of labor that even scrubbing bathrooms would have a joy, so holding a brand...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 7, 20112 min read
The Parallel Universe of Maura: Everyday Magic, Day 195
Sandy, Serina and I even talked about how this was a parallel universe, yet also the essence of reality and unreality. How could Maura be...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 30, 20111 min read
This is Maura: Everyday Magic, Day 194
Today at Maura’s funeral and the Irish wake that followed, Maura seemed to be everywhere, threading through conversations, smack in the...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 29, 20112 min read
The Ten Years Ago Game: Everyday Magic, Day 190
A decade ago, I was the mother of an eleven, eight and five year old, all three attending the same school (the only year that happened)...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 24, 20113 min read
Remembering Micah: Everyday Magic, Day 189
When the Unimaginable Happened It’s a year now since you slipped out of that failing young body, gone in the green flash between your...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 23, 20111 min read
In Praise of Neighbors: Everyday Magic, Day 187
Our neighbor does this for us and my mother-in-law, refusing payment, as his way of being a good neighbor. He also knows our tractor — a...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 21, 20111 min read
The Impossible & Miraculous: Remembering Dad: Everyday Magic, Days 183-184
My dad — Hugh Melvyn Goldberg, but everyone called him Mel — was an impossibly difficult person to know, let alone be related to, so much...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 18, 20112 min read
What I Learned In 2010: Everyday Magic, Day 168
2010 is toast. Here’s what it taught me in a nutshell: With a cheap, plastic sewing machine under hand, I can still sew…..and to my...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Jan 2, 20112 min read
Remembering Ben, A Giant With a Giant Heart: Everyday Magic, Day 165
I met Ben in 1974 while working at my father’s stand, where I was ordered by my dad to stand on an old wooden table and yell out, “Two...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 30, 20103 min read
This Is My Life: Climate Disaster, Gonzo Cartoons & Rock'n'roll: Everyday Magic, Days 159-60
Ken passionately tells me just how bad climate change is, how it’s exceeding all expectations, and with the effects of La Nina, next...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 24, 20102 min read
Walking With The Men In My Life: Everyday Magic, Day 153
When the sun was at its warmest today, I took a long walk with the men in my life -- my husband, Ken; sons, Forest and Daniel; and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 19, 20102 min read
Blanket Boy Quilted Into Being: Everyday Magic, Day 148
And so it does! Op top, I used batik-designed greens and blues to match his name and his eyes, and lined various squares with a great...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 13, 20101 min read
