school | Lea Geller

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May, 2017

It’s that time of year. At least twice a week I get this sort of email: Dear Parent, please send in pictures of your child…

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Oct, 2014

Ay! Santa Maria!

Last week, each afternoon I picked Sidney up from preschool, she climbed into her car seat and exclaimed: “Ay! Santa Maria!” (Nobody believes me, but…

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Jun, 2014

End of year exhaustion is not just anecdotal…

Can you see this? This is the gate I use almost daily after I drop Sid off at school. It’s up a little hill on…

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Dec, 2013

Snow Job

Yesterday it snowed. Because all of Seattle would come to a polite, but screeching halt with an inch of snow (and because snow in LA…

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Nov, 2013

… say it soft and it's almost like praying.

Nothing feels as wonderful as dropping all the kids off at school on a Monday morning. Nothing. It is especially gratifying after a week of…

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Oct, 2013

Getting Buellered.

Columbus Day. Not much of an event on the West Coast, but here in NYC it feels like more than just another day without mail…

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Oct, 2013

Bitch-snacked

Bitch-snacked. Derived from the term bitch-slapped. You know you’ve been bitch-snacked when someone points out that you’ve provided one of your kids with inadequately nutritious food.…

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Jun, 2013

Trashed.

When we first moved to town the boys had a preschool teacher who would regularly send home all their creations with a note attached: Parents,…

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Feb, 2013

Naked.

A friend called me today. I hadn’t spoken to her in a couple of weeks. “Something really embarrassing happened to me, and because you spend…

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Feb, 2013

Happy

Efram tried to get out of school today by claiming that as a supporter of the losing Superbowl team, he should be entitled to a…