by Susan | Nov 2, 2016 | Family, On My Mind
I’ve been pretending that this school year is like any other. Going through the motions, trying to ignore the milestones that bring Hannah closer to going off to college. Take senior portraits for example. Since summer, I’ve watched portrait after portrait...
by Susan | Oct 21, 2016 | Family, On My Mind
Hannah’s senior year started in September. At the beginning of the year, she spoke often about first “lasts”, marking somewhat inconsequential milestones in this final year of high school. Her “last” first day of school. Her...
by Susan | Sep 17, 2016 | Out and About in Maine
A hike with Hannah was the best possible way to end a week that didn’t seem as if was ever going to end. Despite the fact that I wanted nothing more than to nap the day away, Hannah and I took Gidget with us on a hike of the Hollingsworth Trail. We’ve...
by Susan | Aug 5, 2016 | Family, On My Mind
Seventeen years ago, I welcomed this child into the world. Who knew then that this journey with Hannah would be the very best part of my life? She’s experienced so many milestones this last year that illustrate she’s not my little girl anymore, but an...
by Susan | Feb 28, 2016 | Out and About in Maine
In Maine, sweatshirt weather in February calls for a celebration. This morning found both Hannah and I dragging. It was 2:30 a.m. before I made it to bed following the high school state championship basketball game last night. (They won!) It was so beautiful outside...
by Susan | Feb 26, 2016 | On My Mind
Gold fever has taken over at our house, in school, and in our community. Hannah’s high school girls basketball team is going to the state championships (class “c”) in Augusta tomorrow evening. Each night this week has been filled with Hannah’s...
by Susan | Nov 8, 2015 | Out and About in Maine
Hannah and I made our annual hike up Pigeon Hill today. This is usually a mother-daughter trip, although last year we convinced Paul to come along. This year little Gidget joined us for the trek. The weather was brisk – 40s with a steady wind, but the workout...
by Susan | Sep 28, 2015 | On My Mind
It was a spectacular weekend here in Downeast Maine. I had plans to attend the Common Ground Fair, one of my absolute favorite things to do. Yet, when it came time to leave on the five hour round-trip to Unity, I realized that I wanted nothing more to be home. This is...
by Susan | Aug 5, 2015 | Family, On My Mind
My memories of that little girl with blond curls and sky blue eyes who loved Blue’s Clues and Beauty and the Beast are so vivid in my mind that it’s hard to believe that she’s 16 today. In honor of this momentous occasion, here are 16 adjectives that...
by Susan | Apr 30, 2015 | Family, On My Mind
Excited for Hannah’s first softball game of the season, we arrived at the field with jackets and lawn chairs. Yet, we spent 99% of the game in the car wrapped up in blankets watching the game through the windshield. Frigid temps and bitter winds dulled the...
by Susan | Oct 2, 2014 | On My Mind
Do you see a bird in the sunset clouds?
by Susan | Sep 25, 2014 | Family, On My Mind
Am I a bad mom because I don’t enjoy any sport that involves sitting on bleachers? Or that I won’t make it to every one of Hannah’s games? Hannah is not a born athlete. I didn’t play sports and while Paul played a little football, he...
by Susan | Aug 17, 2014 | Family, On My Mind
Hannah turned 15 two weeks ago and ever since has been chomping at the bit to drive. In Maine, parents have to pay to enroll kids in an approved driver’s education class before they can apply for their learner’s permit. With school and sports, I’m...
by Susan | Aug 5, 2014 | Family, On My Mind
I miss the little girl who giggled without inhibition and snuggled to my heart’s content. I miss the child who thought her parents were hilarious and laughed at all of our jokes. I miss the girl who would hold my hand crossing the street – or hold my hand...
by Susan | May 2, 2014 | On My Mind
Hannah is changing so fast that it’s hard to keep up. Last year, she was building Lego castles and robots. This year she’s trading in the Legos for iTunes cards. She spent an entire weekend rounding up years worth of Lego sets sorting and organizing....
by Susan | Mar 22, 2014 | On My Mind
Times are changing faster than I can keep up with at my house. This is the text dialog between Hannah and me earlier this week. Her first boyfriend. At fourteen, most of the kids in her freshman class have already hit this milestone. I wish there was some way to turn...
by Susan | Dec 2, 2013 | Family, On My Mind
Her first high school basketball game. Funny, I thought I was done with basketball bleacher warming after elementary school. Not so. Tonight she was a Narraguagus Lady Knight on the JV team. She was nervous and excited and so proud to wear her uniform. So here’s...
by Susan | Nov 20, 2013 | Family, On My Mind
Hannah’s excitement of the day was catching this moose with her iPod camera. I envision every kid on the school bus crammed over to one side with their iPods and phones pressed to the bus windows!
by Susan | Oct 9, 2013 | Family, On My Mind
Don’t blink, Hannah’s wearing pink! Look closely, because you may never see her in this color again. It was the Volley for the Cure event that got her into such a “girly” color. I think pink suits her. Mom, Hannah wanted it made clear that you...
by Susan | Oct 4, 2013 | On the Farm
Our gnarled old apple tree yielded a bumper crop of apples this year. Unfortunately, this tree is so overgrown, that even with a ladder, Hannah and I collected just a few dozen apples; most were entirely too high to reach. Hannah protested as I balanced on the top...
