Comments on: When the Tide Ebbs

By: sarah

sarah — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 02:44:29 +0000

I just found your blog off of another link and I LOVE IT!! It’s so real! You are hilarious! Thanks for all the giggles!!

By: jody2ms

jody2ms — Tue, 30 May 2006 14:51:13 +0000

I am married to Mr. Laid Back. I am Mrs. Overreact.

It looks like you all had fun exploring and looking for creatures.

By: elswhere

elswhere — Tue, 30 May 2006 05:16:20 +0000

I’ve really come to believe that so much of it is nature, too–MG has always been jumpy and anxious about being abandoned; even as a baby she seemed to be constantly worried that we were going to leave her for the wild animals. And Renaissance Woman is the same way, even though she survived a childhood of benign near-neglect and MG has been hovered over since the day she was born. They’re just both wired that way.

By: Dapoppins

Dapoppins — Tue, 30 May 2006 05:08:30 +0000

I pitty mr. Safty. When my daugher broker her leg (fractured,) he was gone on an errand…only to say later, “If I’d been home this wouldn’t have happened, i should have been there.” My response is not gut leval at all, “You mean I am a Bad Mother who can not cope without you?

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 30 May 2006 02:40:58 +0000

My daughter is the same way. When she hurts herself, she runs to her room, closes the door, and comes out when she’s done crying. I learned fairly early that she didn’t want me to enter her room. Now that you mention it, I suspect I was the same way too.

By: Paige

Paige — Mon, 29 May 2006 21:48:27 +0000

We can only guide the direction for them to take; the map is still in their hands.

By: meredith

meredith — Mon, 29 May 2006 16:43:02 +0000

I am married to Monsieur Safety.

By: MissKris

MissKris — Mon, 29 May 2006 15:44:05 +0000

So sorry your little Moppet cut her hand…those barnacles DO hurt, by george! Also, reading about your visit to the beach there sure brought back some pleasant childhood memories for me. We used to spend a lot of time at Hood Canal and Puget Sound. We used to go clamming and then wait until nightfall to build a huge bonfire, then sit around stuffing ourselves silly with butter clams. Oh, my…what a festive feast! Also, remember the actor Charles Frank? He’s been on lots of TV shows but is probably best known as Dr. Jeff Martin on “All My Children” especially in the 1970s. His dad and my dad worked for the same company and their family had a beautiful summer home on the Sound. We had a company picnic there every summer. I was just a little girl and Charles was the most incredibly handsome teenager…when he’d lift me up to put me in the speed boat for a ride out on the water, I’d be totally blissed out…I LOVED that guy, lol! Sheeesh…hadn’t thought about either memory in a long, long time…

By: SMIT

SMIT — Mon, 29 May 2006 04:10:53 +0000

I’m like that too. I don’t know how J & I survive sometimes, because his instinct is to TALK about EVERYTHING.

When our first dog (who we treated like our only child) was hit and killed by a car, he wanted to talk about our favorite memories of the dog.

I remember looking at him like he had just suggested we we wear grass skirts and hula around the neighborhood singing the YMCA. Naturally, I promptly ousted him from the room. He looked so confused by my reaction.

At 7 months, Button’s chief method of comfort is to hold onto my hair. No idea which side of the family she gets that from.

By: owlhaven

owlhaven — Mon, 29 May 2006 03:26:56 +0000

I’m married to a Mr. Safety too!