NEW BOOK! Here In The Middle: Stories of Love, Loss, and Connection From the Ones Sandwiched In Between
bySay what you will about 2016, but one thing’s for sure: it has not been boring. In fact, it’s been a whirlwind of emotions,…
Children
A Mosaic of Shared Memories: The Story of a Well-Loved Crib
byI am not an overly sentimental person. Emotional? Yes. Dramatic. You bet. But sentimental? Not particularly. I didn’t keep a pregnancy journal. I don’t…
Why I Don’t Regret Taking All Those Baby Photos
byI have a list of parenting regrets about a mile long. Wasting money on an expensive rocking chair and signing my three-year-old up for…
Waiting for the Scars to Fade
byAuthor’s Note: This essay was written more than a year ago, the situation described happened over two years ago, and since then the scars…
The Problem with Soaking It Up
bySoak it up, the radio DJ told me yesterday afternoon while I drove home after dropping Teddy off at school. The weather was warm and…