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•  The Tooth Fairy Apprentice (revised)
  Choices Tooth Fairy fluttered in with such grace, no one could say she was a day over 150. Her dress was made of the finest rose petals. And her wand - with every good deed, it shone brighter and brighter. If only we could be as well-traveled, well-read, and refined as she...Tooth fairies ar...
  Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:16:00
•  Third Culture Story: Why French Parenting is Superior...really?
  View Full Screen I recently read the article, Why French Parenting is Superior, in the Wall Street Journal (Feb.4, 2012) about a new parenting book, Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman. I have, literally, just finished reading the book...
  Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:28:00
•  Happy Birthday! A Cultural Countdown
  Full Page ViewF Each day, everywhere in the world, a child is born. Each year, everywhere in the world, children wait eagerly for their birthday party. So, let the countdown begin! It's Sunday night. I go upstairs, close my curtains and put on my pajamas.?How many more bedtimes until the birthday pa...
  Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:11:00
•  Third Culture Story: Princesses in a Bouncy Castle
  Full screen viewI don't remember ever dressing up as a princess. Although I do remember princesses...the ones in bright colored dresses in between hard-cover books from a certain ?D? company. I do recall my mother sighing deeply after asking her to please read me Cinderella yet again. I didn't reall...
  Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:21:00
•  Truly Teddy, Truly Yours...for the holidays and always
  Full screen viewMany, many winters ago, a little girl was born. Her grandmother sat by her hospital window. She looked at the tiny hairs on the baby's head and started to thread a needle. She touched the baby's cheek and cut some shapes out of cotton fabric. She giggled seeing the little baby's t...
  Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:04:00