By Esther C. Baird First published in the Tri Town Transcript Apr 12, 2019 It was a sunny, warm, weekend day. Naturally, there was still snow on the ground, but there were also crocuses out at long last. It was a day to relax and take a deep breath of lovely, spring air. Except do you…
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Hunting for home
By Esther C. Baird First published in the Tri Town Transcript Mar 27, 2019 I recently flew to San Francisco. It was going to be a long day of flying, but when my flight got delayed, one, two and ultimately four hours, I just laughed because I had been upgraded to business class. I don’t…
The Smell of Milestones
By Esther C. Baird First published in Tri Town Transcript Mar 15, 2019 I often write about childhood and parenting milestones in this column. For example, I recently came across an old column from 2006 about the time I carried a portable training potty into a bread bakery when they wouldn’t let my then two year…
The Story of the Sports Season
First published in the Tri Town Transcript Feb 26, 2019 By Esther C. Baird Well, basketball season is almost over. It’s been four month plus a few days, but who’s counting? Thanksgiving and Christmas were forever ago, but our basketball season reaches even further back. Two girls on two teams with two schedules. It’s been…
Where Does Your Garden Grow
First published in the Tri Town Transcript, Feb 11, 2019 By Esther C. Baird Each year, our elementary school participates in the National Geographic Geography Bee. Our two daughters have qualified over the years, and I’ve sat through many. (Six, but who’s counting?) Let me be clear: the questions are insane.
Getting home through troubled waters
First posted in the Tri Town Transcript Jan 25, 2019 By Esther C. Baird I found myself there again. My brain is simply wired to go one way, the shortest way, the way that makes the most sense, the way that I always go, but a way that is not available to me any longer….
Not blowing up the new year
First published in the Tri Town Transcript, Jan 13, 2019 By Esther C. Baird Here in 2019 we’re going to have a positive new year attitude and pretend that nothing gives me greater joy than the return of making school lunches. We’re also going to pretend that my family never gets sick, and anything that…
Pondering on and on…
We’ve almost made it. In fact by the time you read this, Christmas 2018 will be in the books. So much energy and time and emotion… and then it’s over.
Seeing the forest, not the fake trees
First published in the Tri Town Transcript, December 7th 2018. By Esther C. Baird Oh, Christmas decorating. Regular readers know this sets me into a tizzy every year. Between the events and the decorations and the shopping, I fall behind before I even begin. And let’s not discuss the family card. I am the deer…
Overhearing My Own Story
First published in the Tri Town Transcript Nov 16, 2018 By Esther C. Baird Like many people, I need to work in a specific context. When I’m working in my church role, I prefer to be at my office on-site where I have my big heavy books, multiple Bible translations, a small space heater and…