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,…
Family
The Only Thing That Matters
byThe phone rang in our motel room around 9 a.m., startling us all. In 1987, motel room phones only rang if it was a…
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…
Baseball, Crossword Puzzles, and an AM/FM Radio
byMy grandparents raised their family in a tiny, brick bungalow on the west side of Milwaukee. The size of the house was inversely proportionate…