I’d love to blog now but it’s been a stressful evening w Punchy. Details tomorrow and, I hope, a recap of a fun afternoon in NYC! Good night.
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- Alice Garbarini Hurley
- Montclair, New Jersey
- I'm Alice and I've been writing for most of my life--first, in a little green five-year diary my friend Lorraine gave me for Christmas in 6th grade, then for newspapers, magazines, websites and companies. I've blogged here, often daily, since Feb. 2010, trying hard to write truthfully even when it's scary. My husband and I are now freelance writers, so sometimes still we can afford salmon for dinner and sometimes we can't. Our daughter (blog name Figgy) is an artist and scientist in cyanobacteria algae research. The teen we are raising as legal guardians but have loved as our own (code name Punch/Skippy/Spice/Spike) is in high school. Our days range from sunny to sad, successful, sweet or funny. Reach me at alicehurley@aol.com.
Yesterday’s comment swallowed by the Internet... one child needed alone time, and building play and music to soothe himself from the world, and the other needed exercise and nature. Thank Goodness for peter, who also uses those methods! Your job is harder with how world will push a girl to shopping and looks based treats (nail polish! Trendy sweater!), as I know because I am in recovery from those things. Good luck boosting your nearing adolescent girl in healthy ways, so dang hard. Hang in there!
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Liz, thank you. Those methods sound great—alone time, building play, exercise, music....you are wise. Life teaches us. Xo
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