Author Archives: Projected Progenitor

About Projected Progenitor

Projected (adj.) (prə-ˈjekt-ed): From the 15th Century Anglo-French 'projector,' from Latin 'projectus.' Devised in the mind, predicted. Progenitor (n.) (prō-ˈje-nə-tər): Middle English, from the 14th Century Anglo-French 'progenitour,' from Latin 'progenitor,' meaning 'to beget.' An ancestor in the direct line, foreparent.

Dear She-ra. It’s me…Mama.

Posted on September 10, 2016

My dear young philosopher, seeker of truth, lover of the spiritual, emblem of the divine: I don’t have all the answers. Only some of them. Very few, if I’m being honest. I can’t say for certain if G-d is, what G-d … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Parenting/Pre-Schooler | Leave a comment

The good tree.

Posted on July 22, 2016

Dear Kid, Today, we mourned a good tree. Somebody who’s been dead for a long time (or maybe nobody) planted it where it stood for the last two hundred years – that is, until this morning. This morning, you became the … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting/Pre-Schooler, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

I “wemember.”

Posted on June 29, 2016

Dear Kid, March 29, 2016. A Tuesday. Probably I got up, helped you comb your hair, gave you a kiss and stopped off for a cup of coffee on my way into the office. (I don’t actually recall any of that, … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting/Pre-Schooler, Parenting/Toddler | Leave a comment

Rosie.

Posted on February 5, 2016

In all your three-and-three-quarter years, your dad and I have – on only a few occasions – failed to read you a bedtime story. The first time, it was your birthday and it unfolded full of fanfare and your first … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Parenting/Toddler | Leave a comment

A letter to my daughter, on the eve of a brand new year.

Posted on December 29, 2015

Dear Kid, Last night, I insisted you brush your teeth before bed. You acquiesced, albeit complainingly, to your mother’s lofty demands – stomped off toward the bathroom as I followed, a few paces behind, with the robe I intended to … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting/Toddler | Leave a comment

A brown lady’s legacy: On guts, dreams and being great (already).

Posted on December 12, 2015

Dear Kid, Everything you have you have because your family before you had not much of anything save guts and a dream. Just ask Zeidy. Long before he’d spoil you with oversized pink teddy bears and pop-up books, he had … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting/Toddler | Leave a comment

Fish tales.

Posted on July 25, 2015

Dear Kid, What for having read all those books about how to raise children to be the harbingers of crunchy, progressive kick-assery, I, your loving mother, am gearing up to say something absolutely brilliant when you tell me (because, of … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting/Toddler | Leave a comment