Cedar Writes

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  • Musing on Motherhood

    Musing on Motherhood

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    I’ve been a mother for a little over twenty-four years, now. I say a little over, as I gave birth to my first child just about twenty-four years ago at the time of the post, and I was certainly a mother even before she arrived into the cold January of a New England winter. My…

  • Mae Ploy

    Mae Ploy

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    It’s funny, the little things that parenting entails. I was talking to the Little Man the other day, about when he really was my little man.  “I used to make airplane noises to get you to eat.” I told him.  “Really?” He’s sitting next to me in the car, and out of the corner of…

  • Violets in a Storm

    Violets in a Storm

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    Cedar Sanderson
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      This morning as I was sitting here looking up a recipe for crystallized violets I was thinking about the way children grow.  I should elucidate. The Jr Mad Scientist is turning 18 in a few short weeks. For her sixth birthday, I believe, I decorated her birthday cake with violets from the garden. That…

  • Equilibrium

    Equilibrium

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    Cedar Sanderson
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      I’m feeling like perhaps I’m reaching some semblance of routine. It will take weeks, if not months, for me to be fully trained and comfortable at the new job. It’s just different enough to be a fresh challenge in ways I hadn’t anticipated… and the cold office isn’t helping any. I did go out…

  • Parenting is Hard

    Parenting is Hard

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    August is trembling on the brink of existence, and with it comes the end of summer. The Little Man goes to high school, the Junior Mad Scientist is already planning her curriculum for her senior year of homeschool, and the Ginja Ninja is working like a fiend to save up and move out. The First…

  • Life is Pain, Princess, Eat Cake

    Life is Pain, Princess, Eat Cake

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    I seem to keep coming back to the fatalist’s view of the world, and rejecting it. I had a conversation with a friend at work the other day, where she informed me that early on, her teachers taught her that life sucks, and then you die. You can’t win, she told me. Only the one…

  • The Intoxication of Independence

    The Intoxication of Independence

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    Sometimes I could get drunk on my freedom. It’s heady stuff, and just like alcohol, if you get enough of it it makes you giddy. I get in my car, and think “I could drive… anywhere.” I could. I don’t, but that’s a choice I make. I don’t have to carry my papers with me…

  • The Mantle of Motherhood

    The Mantle of Motherhood

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    Since the inception of this blog, I’ve talked about my kids, parenting, and all the thrills and chills that involves. Which is only logical since this blog in it’s earliest form was a Mommy blog, started before facebook was a thing, to tell my far-flung family what was going on with these new little people and…

  • Curmudgeon’s Corner: Teens and the Mall

    Curmudgeon’s Corner: Teens and the Mall

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    Sanford Begley
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    Written by Sanford Begley Teens Hot Topics Wife Unit (WU) is normally great to shop with. When we arrive at a store she has a list and we go get it. A little browsing through what is on sale, especially clearance, and we are on our way. The sole exception to this is a Hell…