Category Archives: Abby-tudes

First swim competition under her belt

By Herb Everett | Published: 7/7/2009
What’s perfectly awesome about this is that Abby got over her nerves and put in a great performance in the last heat of the girls 11-12 freestyle at her first swim meet – ever. After waiting five hours to do her thing, she held her own and was just nudged out at the end for second. [...]
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Not as bad as pickin’ your nose

By Herb Everett | Published: 7/1/2009
There are times when you want to crawl under a rock. Like when your then 5-year-old asks a friend of yours to see something personal that really shouldn’t be shared in public. Now, today wasn’t that bad. But it was uncomfortable. As a parent, I should have learned by now that I’m on kid time, not [...]
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The tomb of Queen Susankamen

By susan | Published: 11/23/2008
Children love talismans. Stuffed animals, security blankets, good luck charms. One of the sweetest things Camille does is leave little tokens under our pillows from time to time. We’ll be getting ready for bed, and find a polished stone, an artificial rose bud, a piece of her jewelry. Since I’ve been sick, they’ve both been especially [...]
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Theaters are sometimes just theaters

By Herb Everett | Published: 11/20/2008
Abby came home with a little homework to get ready for a trip to Washington, D.C., next year. But she’d forgotten the place she had to look up on the Internet. “It has something to do with the movies,” she said. She was working with another student and wanted to call her. I said it was okay. [...]
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Oh, snap

By Herb Everett | Published: 4/8/2008
Tonight just before dinner, Susan was sitting on the floor with Pippin. I was cooking. Abby and Camille were at the table. Camille was prattling on about nothing in particular, but was being somewhat annoying. I said to no one in particular: “Where did we go wrong?” Abby, hitting the nail on the head: “By having a second [...]
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