I’ve recently started a pretty intimate relationship with someone new. It happens twice a day, sometimes three. I could do it all day, but 5 minutes is heaven too. I look forward to it the minute I drop the kids off at school. It’s not with another man, it’s with my minivan. The day begins […]
Author: Kandace Chapple
Running Late to School & The Shortcut
Get in the car. Now. I have a problem. But only from 8:30-8:45 every morning. It never fails, when it’s time to leave for school, we’re late. I can get to school in 15 minutes. Really, it should take 20. Taking only 15 is the sign of a very bad morning. The most contentious route […]
Cleaning before a party: 6 must-dos
It’s the worst part of any party: the cleaning. Not after. Before. Dusting The bookshelf looks fine until the fatal move – you pick up a toy to put away and there, in black and white, evidence that you haven’t dusted since that in-law scare in mid-August. It isn’t the dust that’s apparent; it’s the […]
Hospital Visitors – When to go, when to stay
This is an excerpt from my book. It was one of the hardest pieces I’ve ever written. One of my friends told me this was hard to read – because it made her think of friends she’d lost and how much time she’d spent with them. I said, “So, should I run it? Is it […]
The beginning of school: Sanity returns
Here’s our editorial from GTWoman’s Sept/Oct issue… now that the kids have been in school several weeks, it turns out we’re psychic because this stuff is all happening. The summer was one for the books. Lots of hot sun, wild kids and laughter long after bedtime. It’s not to say we didn’t love it, but […]