Grandson's first year

We as parents have the illusion that we make our kids stronger, but they make us stronger - Sam Lamott

When Sam tells Annie in an interview that the child in question 'gets bigger and stronger every regardless of us(them), instead of because of us(them)', Annie must have felt less helpless about bringing up Sam without the father around. 

Annie summarises life's lessons to Jax that  there is no instruction manual.

Funny that Annie should go into Enraha mode to shoo away beggars in India - My Grotesque nation.

Four immutable laws of spirit
Japanese cow noisemaker

foot phone

They never walk towards you - Anne Lamott

Annie is the author of 

We call these the journals of the babies. But they are by the mothers/parents. The language and the behavior of the baby that we try to decode.

How would the journal be in the baby's language?
After the morning feeding, I smiled and regaled mommy.

Anne Lamott says that her grandson's actions would put Jack lalanne. When I read that line, I thought of all the times where we do this comparision to the top performers. Why is it not enough to say the best of the fitness gurus (That would also refer to the times when news traveled not farther than the next village). To make it real, we give a specific name that is not known to all.


I can barely work a toaster - Anne Lamott in reply to possessing any knowledge of car wiring. If the toaster she uses has anything to do with producing a graphic of the weather on the bread, then its something.