Category Archives: Family

One Bright Star

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Linda Jenkinson

As I sit here tonight and watch the new star that I have found in the heavens, memories collide and I am reminded of a sweaty little palm that held tightly onto my hand, a palm that, too quickly, slipped … Continue reading →

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Cartwheels in the Parking Lot

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Linda Jenkinson

A comment by a reader of Blogging for Bitter Women  made me remember the day I wanted to do cartwheels in the parking lot. The reader (another Linda!) commented that if she had superpowers one of them would be to … Continue reading →

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Reinterpreting “Spare the Rod & Spoil the Child”

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Linda Jenkinson

Spare the Rod… I was brought up to believe that if you spare the rod, you’ll spoil the child. It was an on-going, hands-on lesson and when I became a young adult, I was firmly against hitting my children…

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