Kate Dyer-Seeley  

It’s been a busy few months with a slew of writing projects. From working on the new mystery, to launching Broadsheet360, diving in at Caregiver Village, and finally the re-release of Underneath the Ash my fingers and keyboard have had a hearty workout. As I’m sure is evident by lack of posts here, I’ve been brainstorming [...]

Since words are usually my gig, I thought I’d shake it up a little and offer you this glimpse into the summer of seven. Seven’s been a sweet spot, as Luke has danced between early and middle childhood. His burgeoning independence led to creative summer activities like potion making in the backyard, homemade Harry Potter [...]

February is officially the month of love.  This year the month offered two things I love:  birthdays and blizzards. Let’s kick things off with birthdays.  Luke turned “gasp” seven this year.  Ancient spiritualists and modern day mystics believe we shed our skin and start anew every seven years.  It feels like Luke is shedding his skin.  [...]

It’s impossible to greet the end of one year and the start of another without a time of quiet reflection.  Mine comes tonight with a glass of wine, warm fire, the soft glow of Christmas lights, and the sound of Luke and his best buddy making use of all the loot that Santa left.   2010 brought [...]

Most of our important family discussions occur in the car while driving home from school.  I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I’ve been blindsided by questions from the backseat, and nearly blindsided by cars as I swerve and try to pull my thoughts together before answering.  In a future post, I’ll [...]

I seem to be alone in my quest these days to hold on to the holiday.  The holiday of Thanksgiving that is.  What’s happened to Thanksgiving?  Sure, it’s not a sexy holiday.  It doesn’t have a Santa Claus or Easter Bunny who secretly deliver gifts in the wee hours of the night.  Thanksgiving can’t boast fireworks, inventive costumes, or chocolate truffles and heart-shaped candies.  But, what [...]

The space between Luke’s teeth is wider these days, thanks in part to a slice of Canadian bacon and pineapple pizza and some vigorous wiggling.  For weeks he complained that every other first grader had lost a tooth.  He was convinced that he was the only one in his class with a full set of baby teeth [...]

In celebration of Father’s Day Luke wanted to rise early and make Gordy breakfast in bed.  It should be noted here, that Luke would much prefer to have breakfast in bed daily.  It should also be noted that any foray into breakfast in bed begins Luke shouting up the stairs, “Dad! Dad! Don’t get out [...]

It’s like the old Sesame Street song, “One of these things is not like the other.”  Somehow Luke ended up decorating Easter cookies last week in his camouflage wife-beater while jamming to Johnny Cash.  As he sang with a six-year-old twang, “I fell in to a burnin’ ring of fire” I handed him pink sprinkles [...]

So we are not in the norm these days when it comes to kid birthday parties.  I realized this a few years back in preschool when Luke began receiving invitations to elaborate parties where the entire class attended with parents in tow.  For me, the experience wasn’t enjoyable. We ended up attending parties with hovering parents, [...]