We moved about a year ago from a beautiful suburb of Washington, DC to Leawood, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City. Terry and I are both from Kansas City, so in one way it was coming home. But neither of us really ever lived in Kansas City as "adults" and so it has been a totally different experience. And we are seeing Kansas City in a different light. We miss Virginia terribly, and are kind of surprised that after a year, we still don't feel "home" in KC.
One thing we find so interesting about our South Johnson County suburb is that everyone is fixated on what subdivision you live in. It becomes part of your identity. When people ask you where you live, the answer invariably is by subdivision. It's listed in our church directory, it's listed in our school directories. I haven't figured out why subdivisions are so important. We never had that in Virginia, it was always just what city/town you live in. And it doesn't seem to be a status thing - most of the neighborhoods around us are relatively comparable in sizes of house and price. Though maybe I'm missing something.
A curious thing, living in Kansas . . .
Friday, June 24, 2005
On Starting a Blog ... and joining a playgroup
As if I have time to be writing . . . I thought staying home with my kids, and giving up (for the most part), my legal career, would afford me some time to do all of those things I have been putting off for the last ten years . . . like putting my pictures in scrapbooks and organizing our closets. Oh well . . .
But one thing I have realized since I have stopped going into an office every day is that I have no idea how to be a stay at home mom. So many thoughts pop into my mind for a book for women (or men, for that matter) who give up careers to stay at home, that I decided to start writing them down.
So here goes . . .
Why the title, "Confessions of a Play Group Novice?" Because I joined my first play group this year - following the birth of my third child, and I realized I had no idea what I was supposed to do. What do we talk about? What do we do? Do I serve anything to eat or drink? What if no one shows up? For ten years, since the birth of my first child, I've been hearing about play groups.
"oh, she's in my play group" "my play group is going there" "they've been friends since play group" "I'm in three playgroups"
What the heck have I been missing? You see, since I worked full time until the birth of my third child, I never had the time or, really, the opportunity, to be in a play group. So when our church Mothers of Young Children group had Play Group sign-ups, I was right there in line . . . ready to learn about this mysterious thing called a play group. Thus, the name of the blog . . . stay tuned for my adventures, so to speak, as a play group novice.
But one thing I have realized since I have stopped going into an office every day is that I have no idea how to be a stay at home mom. So many thoughts pop into my mind for a book for women (or men, for that matter) who give up careers to stay at home, that I decided to start writing them down.
So here goes . . .
Why the title, "Confessions of a Play Group Novice?" Because I joined my first play group this year - following the birth of my third child, and I realized I had no idea what I was supposed to do. What do we talk about? What do we do? Do I serve anything to eat or drink? What if no one shows up? For ten years, since the birth of my first child, I've been hearing about play groups.
"oh, she's in my play group" "my play group is going there" "they've been friends since play group" "I'm in three playgroups"
What the heck have I been missing? You see, since I worked full time until the birth of my third child, I never had the time or, really, the opportunity, to be in a play group. So when our church Mothers of Young Children group had Play Group sign-ups, I was right there in line . . . ready to learn about this mysterious thing called a play group. Thus, the name of the blog . . . stay tuned for my adventures, so to speak, as a play group novice.
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