Conversations with Jessica

On visiting the eye doctor

ByJennifer Lawler February 6, 2014

Picking Jessica up from school:

Jessica: Why are you wearing sunglasses?

Me: Eye doctor today. He put drops in. You know, to dilate my pupils. So now the sun hurts my eyes.

Jessica: Did you sit still for the eye drops?

Me: Yes, I did.

Jessica: Did you cry? Or whine?

Me: No, I sucked it up.

Jessica: Good job, Mom!

Me: You know, your standards are kind of low.

Jessica: Yes, I know.

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Conversations with Jessica

On the need for cocktails at IEP meetings

ByJennifer Lawler May 14, 2012

I am sitting in Jessica’s IEP meeting thinking there is not enough strong drink available. There is none at all, in fact, though my position has always been that serving alcohol would make these sessions easier to get through. I don’t mean to imply that there is anything difficult about the other people seated around…

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On This Swiftly Tilting Planet

ByJennifer Lawler February 10, 2014

I have a little vertigo sometimes, and a while ago, I said to Jessica, “The world is spinning like mad!” She stood for a moment, I guess checking out the world, and then she asked, “Is it the world, or is it you?” And of course it was me, not the world; the problem, or…

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On the Importance of Having a Skill Set

ByJennifer Lawler September 8, 2015

We are driving around running errands. Jessica is listening to me sigh as the traffic is funneled down to one lane and goes slowly. Me: They’re doing so much road construction! Maybe they should finish one project before they start another, you know? Jess: They are building bridges in Kansas City. I saw them with…

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On the pros and cons of jousting

ByJennifer Lawler April 2, 2012

Jess and I are at the Renaissance Festival, watching the troubadours and the fire jugglers and eating cinnamon almonds and discussing if the jousting is actually real. “Well,” I say, “they are falling off the horses. And that’s gotta hurt.” She considers this. “But do they know they are going to? Do they decide the…

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Tuesday’s Tips!

ByJennifer Lawler August 27, 2013

Don’t miss more Conversations with Jessica! And some great articles from around the internet: 1. Why you shouldn’t worry about people stealing your ideas. 2. Self-editing tips. 3. Seth Godin on shipping versus rushing. 4. Research on getting things done. 5. Query letters that worked. If you see other great information…

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On how I really do like people

ByJennifer Lawler April 23, 2012

“So,” Jessica’s dad says as I pick up her meds and medical equipment from him. “How was the conference?” I’ve been out of town for a business meeting and he is being his usual polite self. Even at the height of our discord, when I had the butcher knife in my hand and insanity in…

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