Poppy and his four grandchildren out for a dinghy ride, July 2, 2017
Happy Fourth of July!
In what has become a cherished tradition, we are celebrating this weekend with my whole family. The small town where we spend summer weekends has a wonderful parade (you can see photos of the children at the parade through the years here).
So, today I’ll share a few things I’m loving lately. I’d love to hear what you have been reading and thinking about this holiday weekend.
How to Raise a Feminist Son – I love every word of this piece. I often hear from people that I must be so proud that Grace has a role model of a mother with a career. I am, I say, but I always add that I’m equally as proud that Whit has the same. This piece beautifully captures a topic that I’m not sure is getting as much attention as it should. I want both my daughter and my son to grow up believing that the genders are equally as valuable. Period.
Why Women of 40 and 50 Are the New “Ageless” Generation – I actually have no problem with the expression “middle age” (and I began using it, to criticism, when I turned 35 and then, again when I profiled 38). That may be because to me that phrase does not have negative connotations but rather means, quite literally, that I am in the middle of my life (which feels like an irrefutable fact to me, as I head towards my 43rd birthday). I relate to a lot about this piece.
Lost – Grace, Whit and I started watching Lost from the start of the first season. I’d never seen it (and neither had they). I saw on Instagram that Heather was enjoying the same. Riveting! We can’t stop watching and talking about it. Highly recommend.
June – I love Dina’s writing on Commonplace and these posts always inspire me to pay closer attention to the abundance of small good things that fill my everyday life.
I write these Things I Love posts approximately monthly. You can see them all here.
