Archive for the 'sickness' Category
Turn-the-Corner Tofu Salad
February 23rd, 2011by Caroline Ben was sick. He lay on the couch, with neither an appetite nor a fever nor any other symptoms. It was starting to get worrisome, the lack of symptoms. At least when a child is sneezing or vomiting you have a general idea of how to make them feel better and when they [...]
Feeding the Really Sick
January 28th, 2011by Caroline I am a little bit obsessed with school lunch. My essay for this book is on the subject, my next column for Literary Mama is on a school lunch documentary; I volunteer in the cafeteria as often as I can because I feel so strongly that it’s a place that can be as [...]
Lemon + Honey
November 10th, 2010by Caroline It has been six days now since this cold clamped its vise grip on my head and chest, six days of trying to wash it way with gallons of tea, at first, and then just hot water with lemon and honey. Usually by this point in a cold, I’m tired of the drink [...]
A Bad-Good Day
July 19th, 2010by Caroline When my friend Ursula moved to Portugal for a year and said she had room for us all to come stay, I started looking into airfares. When she started posting pictures of Portuguese pastry on her website, I booked the tickets. She wrote me about her favorite pastry shop in Lisbon, and said [...]
Morale-Boosting Banana Coconut Muffins
October 16th, 2009by Caroline There comes a time in every child’s illness when the child is still too sick to attend school (he’s got to be fever-free for 24 hours) but is too well to lie docilely on the couch watching videos while his mother catches up on her New Yorkers. And that is the time, in [...]
Feeding the sick
October 14th, 2009by Caroline Despite timely flu shots, good eating habits, and frankly pretty impressive personal hygiene in kids this age, my sons have been passing a cold back and forth for over two weeks now. I can hardly remember what it feels like to send two children to school. And although I’ve managed to stay healthy [...]
Road Trip
August 4th, 2009by Lisa We decided to drive to San Diego so my husband could attend ComicCon, and once we figured out that it was too late to reserve a camping spot halfway down, we decided to stop in Solvang. For us, if it’s a toss up between a tent and a great deal on a hotel [...]
Comforting Soup for a Sick Day
February 2nd, 2009by Caroline This is the time of year when we get sick. Whether it’s the weather (cold mornings and nights sandwiching hot afternoons) or our busy schedules, February always seems to be when this household is put on hold by illness. Lately, my son Ben has been suffering it all: first strep throat, then a [...]
Daddy got mad, and then he made pizza, and he didn’t go to Mexico
October 9th, 2008by Lisa. With some perspective by Ella. On Saturday, I had another migraine. I took a nap. I woke up. I still had a migraine. Kory was supposed to take Ella and Finn to soccer while I cooked dinner in peace and let the medication work. Instead we had a fight. Someday Kory may tell [...]
How a Good Family Food Culture Goes Bad. Very, Very Bad
September 15th, 2008posted by Lisa Of course, it was bound to come to an end. On the plane ride home, a red-eye, I got sick. It’s generally been a great way for us to travel, but not this year for me. Later, I would be diagnosed with severe migraines, but at the time, I didn’t know this [...]