tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post7573820752029526883..comments2023-09-30T10:49:16.025-05:00Comments on In Pieces: RitualsJazzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03733411405712601399noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-84569208910366740852008-06-16T13:04:00.000-05:002008-06-16T13:04:00.000-05:00Coco--Yeah, 3-14 is a pretty big age spread! My t...Coco--<BR/>Yeah, 3-14 is a pretty big age spread! My two are 22 months apart, and my youngest is much more mature than her brother, so I only have one level of maturity/appropriateness to cater to. That does make it easier.<BR/><BR/>It's the same with me and my voices--when I'm tired or depressed they all sound the same--like a weary mother who wishes it would be over so she can crawl into bed!Jazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733411405712601399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-24681013002636191552008-06-16T12:49:00.000-05:002008-06-16T12:49:00.000-05:00Bedtime reading.... my oldest is 14 and prefers to...Bedtime reading.... my oldest is 14 and prefers to be read to on his own this past year. Once in a while he'll still join us, but mostly as 'assistant tucker-inner', The age spread 3-14 is too great to please all their literary tastes at one time! Plus I get some one on one time with him afterwards which is nice. My son also adores fantasy (inkheart, narnia, etc), and won't read anything else.Cocohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004403495497903448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-81805758319963310832008-06-15T19:45:00.000-05:002008-06-15T19:45:00.000-05:00It is awesome tea! A little honey and mmmmm....It is awesome tea! A little honey and mmmmm....Jazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733411405712601399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-30431426482642091572008-06-15T19:36:00.000-05:002008-06-15T19:36:00.000-05:00My tea comes at night not sure why. Anyway I read...My tea comes at night not sure why. Anyway I read something the other day in a book about writing that says to "save your journals" forever. Just a thought. One day one of us might just write the bestseller! Hey, thanks for the tip "Celestial Seasoning's Chocolate Caramel Enchantment Chai" it is on my list!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-62902369563929081062008-06-15T18:15:00.000-05:002008-06-15T18:15:00.000-05:00Susan--Well, it does take time, and I imagine once...Susan--<BR/>Well, it does take time, and I imagine once kids can read for themselves, parents figure they don't need to anymore. I know when they were younger and I had read "Go, Dog, Go" for the nineteenth time one night, I was surely wishing for the day when they could read themselves to sleep and I wouldn't have to.<BR/><BR/>But then they got older, old enough to appreciate some of my Jazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733411405712601399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-50581729280218829412008-06-15T17:57:00.000-05:002008-06-15T17:57:00.000-05:00Dear Jazz,That is really nice about your son. I on...Dear Jazz,<BR/>That is really nice about your son. I once read that it's not that kids are necessarily ready to stop hearing their parents read, it's that their parents just stop reading to them.<BR/><BR/>When I was in my last year of elementary school, a friend's mother who was an English professor used to read to us in their garden. Your post made me remember her. God bless you Elva Kremenliev sbwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881627992105939490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-9342186922464566282008-06-15T14:41:00.000-05:002008-06-15T14:41:00.000-05:00Oh, I should add, the series I'm reading to them r...Oh, I should add, the series I'm reading to them right now is The Belgariad by David Eddings, and it's one of my husband's favorite series, so he often pokes his head in to listen, especially when we're getting to a good part!Jazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733411405712601399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-39039601172910838092008-06-15T14:39:00.000-05:002008-06-15T14:39:00.000-05:00He's a sweet boy, still. There are flashes of att...He's a sweet boy, still. There are flashes of attitude now and then, but he's still mostly my loving little boy. <BR/><BR/>I imagine that will change...Jazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733411405712601399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-44620905045828969102008-06-15T14:29:00.000-05:002008-06-15T14:29:00.000-05:00that is so sweet that your son still comes to list...that is so sweet that your son still comes to listen in bed at age 13. adorable...you've got to be a very well respected mom (by you son I mean!)<BR/><BR/>the 13 year olds I've known ---myself included--- at that age, have thought themselves way too cool to do something like that. Of course I think laying down listening to you read fantasy sounds cool now!!Monica Cassanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13969938853749704756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-42118249616634723692008-06-15T12:21:00.000-05:002008-06-15T12:21:00.000-05:00Coco--I think rituals or routine or whatever you w...Coco--<BR/>I think rituals or routine or whatever you want to call it, are important for kids. They need to know what to expect. But they are important for us, too. I get a lot of comfort from my little rituals...but I don't feel that those things make me set in my ways, either...<BR/><BR/>We also have the pile into bed and read ritual in the evenings. My son, who is nearly 13, still comes toJazzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733411405712601399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399633159122258332.post-57654803414757912892008-06-15T11:36:00.000-05:002008-06-15T11:36:00.000-05:00This will be a good writing excercise. Man, you m...This will be a good writing excercise. Man, you make me think! I guess that's the whole point ~ lol! Comfort and familiarity... 2 things that are so important to my well-being, but also 2 thing which I guess I'm trying to stretch myself with when I'm well. <BR/><BR/>I'd have to say off the top of my head that my morning & evening rituals/routines are the most important to me; how I start and Cocohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004403495497903448noreply@blogger.com