Jennifer Briggs

Sometimes I think life is like a game of Headbands where we are all trying to figure out who we are based on input from others. Occasionally we have to know that how someone else is responding to us is really showing us the card on their head rather than our own, but sometimes I… Read more »

We have a new oven but…. the hole in the kitchen island was not a standard size so… our oven is plugged in and works but it is not where it needs to reside. We need a counter cutter to trim the tiniest bit of granite. But at least the oven works. My hipversary was… Read more »

The panda? The panda on the wall? It is very sad today! For weeks Sarah has been asking how the panda picture on her wall would feel when she and Amy were away for Amy’s birthday bash sleepover at Anna’s. We have been predicting that the panda would feel sad, forlorn, bereft, and dismayed. And… Read more »

Firstly, why did it take me years to notice the pants-wearing discrepancy in Daniel Tiger? I understand that some cartoon animals wear shirts (Donald Duck) and some wear pants (Mickey Mouse), but why do Daniel Tiger and his dad only wear tops but the mom tiger wears a shirt and pants?! Sarah’s school celebrated Dr…. Read more »

Last week the muscles around my left hip were not happy after an intense workout with my trainer. It took a couple days plus some work from one of my students before I felt normal. Then out of the blue I was hurting again. Then I got better. Then I saw my trainer again and… Read more »

Monday was so warm that Sarah decided to wear shorts to her swim lesson, but since it was also not as warm as it could be, she wore boots. As Anna said, “at last, it’s shorts and boots weather!” Swim lessons are going well for Sarah, and I can now keep up with Amy in… Read more »

Last night Sarah was reading the most high-level complex book I have ever seen her really read, following along with her finger and quietly saying the words out loud a bit as she read… it was the draft of my book about her! In my book I have a section about a time when some… Read more »

This week was Catholic Schools Week, so each day for Sarah was dress-down and had some special things at school. While that sounds fun, it may have contributed to her having some hard moments at school, especially as the week went on. She would get off the bus and report that she had been doing… Read more »

Sarah had many instances of experiencing the howling fantods this week. That is a new term I learned, although it is an old one, that means having extreme disquiet of the body and mind. Although we are used to the howling fantods when Amy uses the bathroom and Sarah can’t stand it, that particular scenario… Read more »

Did you start your morning having a hard time waiting for your birthday presents? Did you start your morning as a baby crocodile even though you were a baby panda when you went to bed? Sarah did both of these things. Yesterday she had BIG FEELINGS about waiting. At first I was trying to get… Read more »