Conversations with Jessica, illustrated
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On Owning Your Decisions
The other day I got an email from school saying Jessica had randomly been selected to participate in a group discussion about how the school could better support students and asking me to give permission to allow her to do so. Since this is the kind of thing I leave entirely up to Jessica, I…
More conversations with Jessica!
More conversations with Jessica! If you’d like to follow me on Twitter, I’m @JenniferLawler and I’ll try to remember to follow you back 🙂 You can also find me on Facebook on my Jennifer Lawler page. Or if we’re friends, friend me! And don’t forget to sign up for my newsletter! There may be cool…
Conversations with Jessica
Jessica: “Your hair is so long, you look like Rapunzel!” Me: “Me?” Jessica: “Except she is blonde.” Me: “True.” Jessica: “And her hair is a lot longer.” Me: “True.” Jessica: “And also she is younger.” Me: “But other than that I look just like Rapunzel, huh?” Jessica: “EXACTLY like Rapunzel.” ### My collection of travel…
On what I’m working on
I’m working on a novel in a genre that’s new to me and it’s not going well partly because I don’t know what I’m doing (see “genre that’s new to me”) and partly because Jess is back at school and isn’t here to keep me off Facebook during the workday. Jess: What did you…
On negotiation
We’re getting ready in the morning, and Jessica pops into the kitchen where I’m gathering my keys. Me: Here, let me help you with you hair. Jessica: What’s wrong with it? Me: It needs to be a little neater. Jessica: Like how neat does it need to be? Me: It needs to be 100% neat….
On the complications of living
Someone I know has to meet the woman who destroyed her family and is now the stepmother to her children, and put on a smiling face to do it. Her ex wants her to stop in and say hello when she comes by to pick up the kids one day, and she said she knows it’s going to be…
