Happy Valentine’s Day from the Zuglets
Feb 14th, 2009 by jenzug




I set aside The Control Freak for an hour this week and helped the kids sign and assemble their Valentines. This is a fun age full of independence and exploration. I need to remember moments like this in the midst of the screaming, hair pulling, door slamming moments.
Be warned: what you see here is not my best work. It is what Anne Lamott describes in Bird By Bird as a series of “shitty first drafts.” Blogging dragged me kicking and screaming out of creative constipation by getting me to actually write. So I do that. A lot. Without worrying about every word choice or comma placement.
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Yeah, I get the first comment – If you could dump the last 3 phrases up above, you would make a wonderful preschool teacher!! Look at their concentration, their creativity, Thomas’s pride in his good job and Ruthie is working away on a whole bunch of beauties. I love it, you artists!! Gamma