Have a Lovely Weekend.

What are you up to this weekend? We’re taking the boys to this adventure playground, and I can’t wait to see what it’s all about. (No parents allowed inside the fence!) Hope you have a good one, and here are a few fun links from around the web…

We’ve been reading this new book every night recently.

What it feels like to be a food critic.

On being tough.

I’ve been seeing these cool jeans everywhere. #wishlisted

A hotel room without walls.

How kids around the world get to school.

Now THAT’S a way to wake up.

Would you try these cheese pairings?

FedEx delivery fails. Made me laugh out loud.

Yep, sounds about right.

Wouldn’t you love to have dinner here?

How to tell a mother her child has died. Such a beautiful and heartbreaking essay by a doctor.

(Photo by Jenna Park. FedEx via Swissmiss.)

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ali news

September 13, 2016 7:51pm 7:51 pm

Nope…on those jeans

Estela

September 12, 2016 12:29pm 12:29 pm

Please let us know more about the adventure playground! Did the boys enjoy???? I’m curious!!! =)

Liz @ Bon Temps Beignet

September 12, 2016 12:07pm 12:07 pm

Oh my gosh, I read the essay on how to tell a mother her child has died and had the most horrible dream last night hat my 4 year old shot himself and died. Ugh, I’ll have to remember not to read stuff like that before bed!

Amy

September 12, 2016 11:09am 11:09 am

Thanks for sharing! You always post such fun links- I really enjoy them. The playground looks amazing. I hope you write about it soon. Have a lovely day.

XOXO, Amy @ Jeans and a Tea
http://www.jeansandatea.com

Bridget

September 12, 2016 10:00am 10:00 am

i want to hear how that adventure playground goes! my 5 year old would love it.

Heather

September 12, 2016 9:15am 9:15 am

It just kills me that jeans like that are coming into style!!

Julie

September 11, 2016 10:27pm 10:27 pm

My mother is a hospice nurse, so she experiences death in a different way. It’s more expected, and she’s often there with the entire family when it happens. But the advice from the doctor about not yelling at your husband also applies. Her patients stick with her, but she has to live her life no matter how devastated she feels.

The day I got fitted for my wedding dress is the only time I saw her really break. She had a new patient-a 34 year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer and a toddler. She showed my mom her wedding videos from the year before, because they made her happy. My mom cried all through my fitting. Not because it could be me, but because of what that young woman must have felt doing the same the past year and what her future now held.

Healthcare workers are amazing.

olma

Reply to Julie

September 12, 2016 10:32am 10:32 am

Too true. They are the superheroes. And usually the people who deal with the family aren’t high paid consultants or surgeons but nurses who are not paid even a quarter of what they are worth educationally or emotionally.
To all the nurses in the world, you are heroes. Thank you.

Hannah

September 11, 2016 2:43am 2:43 am

Am I the only one that imagines being eaten alive by mosquitos while sleeping in the hotel without walls? Haha

Kathryn

September 10, 2016 5:14pm 5:14 pm

Beautiful essay by the doctor. My husband is a new doctor and even in his short bit it’s surprising how routine death has become. But there are always cases that are so much harder, so much more unfair than the others. It’s not just hard to tell someone that their loved one died but to have to tell a person that they’re going to die… that’s not a feeling you can easily leave at work.

tunie

September 10, 2016 4:17pm 4:17 pm

Have you seen the CBS coverage of how Japanese kids walk to school on their own as young as 1rst grade? It’s awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkVvXVDs5aI

Johanna and Aria

September 10, 2016 11:59am 11:59 am

I always love reading your blog and clicking all the links! Thank you for making my day <3

thetearoomsblog.wordpress.com

Aleksandra

September 10, 2016 11:06am 11:06 am

A room without walls sounds a bit like the name of a play. Awesome looking but not sure how I’d feel about it at 3am!

Libbynan

September 10, 2016 10:34am 10:34 am

Chips and cheese….just no! A crime against nature. The doctor’s essay was wonderful. My 6-year-old was in the hospital with h-flu meningitis many years ago. I have always said I didn’t know which was worse….being the terrified parent crying in the hall or being the parent whose child was recovering watching other terrified parents crying in the hall.

Astrid

September 10, 2016 8:52am 8:52 am

The essay is indeed heartbreaking. My sister lost both her children in the past 4 years and 1 day, and being a mum myself anything I read or hear about the loss of a child now moves me even more than before

Joanna Goddard(@joanna)

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Reply to Astrid

September 10, 2016 9:22am 9:22 am

I’m so sorry to hear that, Astrid. Sending so much love to you and your sister. xoxo

rach

Reply to Astrid

September 11, 2016 11:53am 11:53 am

My heart goes out to your Sis. I cannot imagine the pain & heartache she feels everyday.

Sara

September 10, 2016 8:22am 8:22 am

I love these links, it’s such a cool idea and I’ve really enjoyed seeing what you read! I really need to get back into reading…

Anne-Marie

September 10, 2016 4:16am 4:16 am

Wow. I am shaking a little bit but no tears have fallen yet. And that’s probably why I can never be a doctor. Thanks, Joanna, that was so very real.

Nina

September 10, 2016 1:43am 1:43 am

LoveD song the humans of ny with Hilary. So perfect and brilliant. Love her even more now.

Kathleen

September 9, 2016 10:55pm 10:55 pm

To supplement the article about how kids get to school, see the documentary, On The Way to School.

Shelly

September 9, 2016 10:19pm 10:19 pm

Another hotel where most rooms have no walls…
http://www.verana.com

Erin @ Her Heartland Soul

September 9, 2016 9:49pm 9:49 pm

That last article is heartbreaking. :(

Kate

September 9, 2016 9:37pm 9:37 pm

We went to the adventure playground last weekend. It is recommended for kids 6 and up but our 4 year old went in. He did lots of climbing, carried around a 2×4, then eventually found a makeshift dagger and engaged in the lord of the flies-like play fighting that was going on. Some parents watched impassively from the sidelines. Others were more nervous. One mother went from admonishing her sons not to fight to shouting, “If you’re gonna fight, at least fight on the same side as your brother!”

Amanda

September 9, 2016 7:09pm 7:09 pm

I have the jeans in the light wash denim from this spring. I wear them 3 times a week.

Lee

September 9, 2016 6:28pm 6:28 pm

I worked at adventure playground this summer!! It’s awesome!! Have fun!!

Amelia

September 9, 2016 5:27pm 5:27 pm

Do you guys know Erika Moen’s comic (i.e. illustrated) sex toy reviews? Sadly the Little Rooster didn’t do too well :D http://www.ohjoysextoy.com/littlerooster/

Laura Mitbrodt

September 9, 2016 5:15pm 5:15 pm

That hotel room looks crazy!!
xo
http://www.laurajaneatelier.com

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