I know what Sasha’s going to watch when she gets home tonight:
Category Archives: What Almost Made Me Cry Today
What Almost Made Me Cry Today: Ponyo
Add “Ponyo” to my growing list of questionable movie choices that are apt to bring a tear to my eye. Not that it’s bad—on the contrary, Hayao Miyazaki’s retelling of “The Little Mermaid” in a rural, magical Japanese setting is completely wonderful. Lovely art, sharp characterizations, and that enchanting but occasionally menacing spirit that hangs …
What Almost Made Me Cry Today: A Milestone
It’s funny how extremely subtle changes in your kid grab your attention. For instance: Little kids cry all the time. Sometimes for good reason, sometimes for no discernible reason at all. But what’s in a cry? Anyway, when I got Sasha up this morning, she was weepy, crying as I changed her diaper, saying “I …
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What Almost Made Me Cry Today: Bad Kids Edition
I have to say, this essay went through me like an arrow made of ice and tipped with curare. It might’ve been called “When Bad Children Happen to Good People,” and addresses that thing we all have in the backs of our minds: What if I do everything right and still raise a horrible person? …
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