Jennifer Briggs

When Sarah came home from school on Tuesday, she immediately asked me for striped fabric or fabric on which she could draw stripes. She desperately wanted to make a pair of striped pajamas for Sc. I asked Sarah if it would be ok to instead ask Sc to bring a pair of her own pajamas…. Read more »

A little over a week ago, Carl’s grandfather died. He had a full and wonderful 99 years. We waited until that weekend to tell the girls because we weren’t sure how they would react. Amy seemed a bit sad, mainly from understanding how Carl was feeling and because she could relate to how she loves… Read more »

The week has felt frustrating regarding Sarah getting ready for school in the morning or going to get Amy in the afternoon. Sarah was more resistant about it than she has been in a while. I started to feel like Scrooge or the Grinch, just hating Christmas because that is what she is asking about… Read more »

Sarah loves bus shelters and some of the ads in them. She especially loves the Molyneaux carpet ad with a kid wearing a green shirt on a green carpet. Amy’s favorite ad has a cat playing a keyboard. A few months ago, Sarah’s favorite bus shelter was taken away! It was at a corner near… Read more »

Last weekend Sarah and Amy had a group piano class. This is a small, informal recital with the other piano students in attendance. Sarah had no interest in the games to get to know the other students. She wanted to play the piano! When it was her turn she announced each piece before she played… Read more »

Yesterday we went as a family to get flu shots. I had debated doing this for a while because I’m always concerned about Sarah’s system not handling it well. She has always been fine, but I think of her body as having more stresses upon it. There are people who come down very definitively on… Read more »

I love how much Sarah loves learning new, sophisticated words. The first three days of this school week she got ready for the day way more easily than usual. There was almost no yelling. I wondered where my child had gone. Then Thursday morning dawned as early as they all do and she was back to her… Read more »

Sarah seems increasingly attached to Amy as a playmate and companion. Earlier in the week she was so intent on getting extra time with Amy to play hotel or sleepover that Sarah got ready for school the fastest she ever has. While she often plays with (or fights with) Amy, and while she often asks… Read more »

Yesterday was a hard day for Pittsburgh, with a man killing several people in a synagogue. Normally I haven’t spoken much to the girls when such events happen but they were with me when I heard the news so they heard my gasp. Amy seemed to understand somewhat, although not in a way that meant… Read more »

We bought a Sarah-Rise house. It is a vacation house about an hour away from our home and it is beautiful. We absolutely fell in love with the giant open living space. The kitchen, living, and dining areas are really just one big room and then the bedrooms are off to either side. The house… Read more »