Comments on: Manners maketh man, Manic Monday

By: jams O'Donnell

jams O'Donnell — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:57:45 +0000

Billy whizz and Bimble in one post… You are a wonder Maddy!

By: Omaha Mama

Omaha Mama — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:11:30 +0000

No one can write off your children. Absolutely not.
This is beautifully written.
Just tonight, I ate grapes that my two-year old joyfully brought me one at a time. Sometimes carrying them in his hand, sometimes his mouth, sometimes dropping and picking up more than once. Best fruit I ever ate.

By: rhemashope

rhemashope — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:50:01 +0000

You do it everytime – get me laughing and laughing and laughing and…
I love the line, “We model â€˜sitting.â€™ They approximate in return.” The whole sitting thing has been a major issue for my daughter at school we’ve tried just about every different kind of chair. Your story gives me hope that she’ll not only learn to sit for more than 5 seconds but actually have some table manners as well!

By: Jayne

Jayne — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:43:26 +0000

Briefly read Michael Savage’s idiotic rant, pfft, the half-wits are on the loose this week!

Love the lunch with strawberry dessert

By: Osh

Osh — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:34:37 +0000

my grandmother always drilled this into our heads (or beat us, one of the two) “meat is done, people are finished”

Hooray for the strawberry!

By: Niksmom

Niksmom — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:30:29 +0000

This is so lovely for so very many reasons! One might say it was your “berry best” post!

By: Leanne

Leanne — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:29:19 +0000

Ooooh, I got goosebumps when you ate the squished offering. What a wonderful (and memorable) moment.

When hubby was home last time, he taught Patrick to clear his plate from the table. Strangely enough, I can tell him many many times to do something else, like ask to be excused, but he has yet to forget to clear his dishes.

By: lceel

lceel — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:34:23 +0000

Yesterday we went paintballing. Our Asbergers boy went, too. He of the oddly stiff carriage, the strange running gait, the inability to take advantage of cover. At the end of our long day in the heat and the sun, there was one last game to play. He said, “Let’s go home, Dad. I’m tired of getting shot in the head.” With that he bent over and shook his head and two unbroken paintballs fell out of his hair – that thick, curly shock of much too long hair that graces the top of his lovely head. “I love you to death, Zachary, but you MUST learn to duck.”

By: Casdok

Casdok — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:08:21 +0000

Better than any microdot in his imagination. Well said!

By: furiousball

furiousball — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:03:27 +0000

my kids’ manners aren’t perfect, but neither is life