A death in the family

The Sins of Parenting Weigh Heaviest in Everyone ?

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

January 26, 2026 by matt_thac Leave a Comment

I spend a lot of time reflecting in my parenting, a little too much according to my therapist. But as my eldest daughter gently slams into her teenage years, I’m conscious of how my words and actions can impact them. My younger daughter being more emotionally honest and more easily vulnerable with me, while I have to be patient and emotionally open myself to give my eldest her space. Giving emotional space to them and having that honesty and openness with myself has taken time […]

“But if you could tell science like a story, I’d pay attention.”

The Line Tender by Kate Allen

February 12, 2020 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Lucy’s mother was a marine biologist who was particularly interested in sharks. People told her mother that this enthusiasm would get her killed, but it was a brain aneurysm that ended up taking her life. Lucy was seven when that happened, and while she still finds herself occasionally swept up in bouts of grief, she and her father are getting by. Friends and neighbors help a lot. Fred from across the street is her best friend, though now at 13 years old, she is beginning […]

Two ruminations on life and death.

September 16, 2017 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Johnny Got His Gun 4/5 Stars This book has been on my To Read list since I was in high school. A combination of it being a book my dad would talk about (he never talked about books), being in the Metallica video, and various other sources, it’s always been around but it wasn’t until I started this year out implementing SSR (self-selected reading) in my English classes and had a used copy in a book bin that I finally decided to give it a […]

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