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Hold your nose and join me for a literary analysis of a series that would serve mankind better as mulch in our gardens. Click HERE what it's all about...

 

  "Enlighten the Gentiles"

Yiddish words and phrases to amuse and confuse.
The latest entry explains a little about the expression Mazel Tov, and about a reason to use it. And you'll find the archives HERE . Read and enjoy...... 

 

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The Man (of the House): The love of my life. Severely addicted to books (that take up WAYYYY too much space in our house) and raw garlic. We've been married 15 years, but involved for many more. Long story....

Our Kids:
SC:  Age 14. Book addicted like both her parents. Serious, but with a nice sense of humor. Well mannered in the eyes of the world, but at home,it can be another story--she's a teenager(!)

JR: Age 10  I think of her as a Disney Princess's evil twin. All the eccentricity of both sides of the family wrapped up in a sweet little body and an adorable smile. People find her a darling. I do too, but I also find her exhausting!

The Beasts: Our 2 cats, both adopted from animal rescue. "Bart" is a big, solid black, total teddy bear of a cat. Our brown tabby queeen "Bella" is  in love with The Man, though she seems to like me too!

Me: Children's librarian by day, tired keeper of all of the above by night. When I think of my life, I think of Nicole Hollander (Sylvia)'s immortal line about things that are easier than combining a family and a career. Like swimming the Amazon covered in peanut butter....

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    posted Fri, 08/22/08

    SC is going to call her ballet teacher--hopefully talk to her face to face--and tell her that she is not coming back to ballet.

    We'd discussed her going just once a week. We'd also discussed her helping Lynne with the younger kids as well. Lynne is planning a <gag> Disney theme for next June's recital and SC was going to dance Mu Lan--the only "princess" type character she likes.

    But she wants to quit.
    It's not fun anymore. She doesn't want to put the work into it that it requires to be good enough to dance.
    She could do it. She just doesn't care enough to do so.

    It's complicated. SC has been in Lynne's classes since she was about 6 and except for a 2 year break when Lynne was out of the country, she's danced with her ever since.

    And Lynne is not just her dance teacher, she is a close family friend--my almost sister. She's known me for 20 years. She's known SC since she was little and loves her like a niece.

    Lynne's own daughter stopped dancing at 15. So it's not that she's going to freak at SC's stopping on that basis.

    But SC doesn't have any other outside interests. She doesn't call friends after school, or e-mail them.She comes home from school, sits in her room, listens to her music, reads and draws.
    That's it.

    In ballet she had something she was good at, something she ENJOYED. And she's pushing it away now.

    I can't impose my own feelings on this, but I am. I love to dance so much. And this is one of the few things we had in common, that we did together, that we shared.

    I feel as if she's pulling away from me, that she doesn't want me. 

    She just wants Nanay back. And no matter how much I love her, it's not enough. And I'm her MOTHER!

    I'm not going to put up footage of her June solo even if I can get it to run properly.
    The joy was gone from it.

    Instead, here again is that dance she did in December with her classmate Emily.
    That's my girl on the right side of the screen.

    I watch it, and see how good she was when she put her heart into her dancing.
    How much fun, how much happiness dance brought her then.
    How good she was And that's what I'm going to remember.

     

     

     

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