Life And Family

I’ve come to the realization that I can’t eat meat during the day when I’m at work.  For example, a lunch of leftover beef and rice will make me feel lethargic by 2pm.  So, I’m only been eating a vegetarian lunch for the last four months, and I love it!  I never crash in the afternoon and have lots of energy to spare by the time the school bell rings at 3:00pm.   This is my typical lunch, which I’m STILL not bored by.  The above picture has butter...

I am missing something from my body.  Something a lot of my slightly older peers have, something my husband has.  I don't have it, neither does my brother nor do any of my children.  Chances are your children don't have it either.  Wanna guess what it is'  This:Recognise it'  It's a smallpox vaccine scar.  I was one of the first cohort of children in Boston not to get this vaccination.  It's not because my parents were against vaccination, but rather...

Growing up my mother always looked immaculate.  Not in a princess-y sort of way but in a it's-so-much-nicer-to-look-put-together sort of way. Persian, she eschewed the conspicuous consumption for which Iranians were stereotypically known, and never liked her labels to show.  But she cared about her appearance and was fastidious in what she wore.  While other mothers came to school to fetch their children wearing just about anything, my mother was always dressed....