Category Archives: Exile
Week 18: Building with Blocks, Balancing, Swimming Again
For several weeks I was able to stay at the Highwater Inn all week, and the Twin Falls lodge pool was also down for repairs (heat went out after the “blizzard” a few months ago); but this week we were … Continue reading
Week 17: Educational Curriculum
My Aunt Sharon (David’s Great-Aunt – which is important to note because he also has an Aunt Sharon, my sister) kindly sent me a Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills book (big picture of a crab on the front), thinking of … Continue reading
Week 16: Building a Blanket Fort
This week we built a fort with the chairs at the Highwater Inn, where I generally stay when in WV to see my son, and a blanket from one of the beds. David loved it, so much so that he … Continue reading
Week 15: Drawing, David and Daddy hiking
We walked (some of) the Cliffside Trail this week, which we haven’t for a while – since summer, when we would have our picnic on the rocks at the cliff. That worked better when I was at the campsite in … Continue reading
“Catch Daddy!”
I didn’t think much could top “sack of potatoes” in David’s eyes, but lately I’ve been running ahead of him and inviting him to “catch Daddy,” trailing one hand so he can catch it, or, which he likes even better, … Continue reading
Week 14: At the playground, baking cookies, doing puzzles
Sunday, January 31, 2021 to Saturday, February 6, 2021. Although this is the 14th week, and more than that since this is my second exile to West Virginia, after I finally got court-ordered time with David after she withheld him … Continue reading
