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Lunch is a battlefield with this 5-year-old

Editor’s note: While Patty Kimerer is on leave, we present this Classic Kimerer column originally published Oct. 9, 2005: Some things happen every single day like clockwork. The earth completes one full rotation, the birds squawk out morning chatter, the scale tells me some vicious lie and an eating encounter erupts in my kitchen. “I’m just not hungry for (fill in the blank) today.” You may fill in the blank with any reasonable breakfast food here. My 5-year-old only wants quadruple chocolate chunk fudge striped cookie-dough cupcake ice cream with syrup, whipped topping ...

Some phrases are totally and literally not true

While Patty Kimerer is on leave, we present this Classic Kimerer column originally published Nov. 9, 2003: Have you ever noticed how many things we say in everyday conversation that we truly do not mean? I was thinking about that after I received a telephone call meant for someone else. ...

Getting to the root of the root canal procedure

While Patty Kimerer is on leave, we present this Classic Kimerer column originally published Aug. 24, 2003: I don’t know if you realize it, but rarely when the word “root” is included in a sentence or phrase is it in any way associated with something positive. Think about it. “The ...

What’s hair today may be gone tomorrow

While Patty Kimerer is on leave, we present this Classic Kimerer column originally published Oct. 2, 2005: I saw a commercial today that really scared me. It was an ad for Troll dolls. Remember Troll dolls? They’re the questionable-looking little figurines with the wild and wooly hair ...

Looking back at the September 11 attacks

Editor’s note: While Patty Kimerer is on leave, we present this Classic Kimerer column first published Sept. 16, 2001, five days after terrorists hijacked aircraft to attack America. Reflections on Sept. 11, 2001: One mother’s story I will never forget the day. It was April 19, 1995, and ...

My son may be ready for school … but I’m not

Editor’s note: While Patty Kimerer takes a week off, we offer this back-to-school Classic Kimerer that first ran Sept. 4, 2005: OK, this is it. This is the week that my 5-year-old starts school — for real. No, not the part-time preschool that I finally got used to; after two years of ...