We sat on the patio as we had done so many times, sharing mimosas, talking over each other, admiring earrings, laughing at everything and nothing. Now the house was owned,
We sat on the patio as we had done so many times, sharing mimosas, talking over each other, admiring earrings, laughing at everything and nothing. Now the house was owned,
A couple of years ago I did a lot of thinking about hope. I obsessed over what hope was, whether it was mere optimism or wish-come-true, or if it was
It took me five days to get 12 valentines done for Addy’s kindergarten class. This makes me feel that I am very bad at modern motherhood. We just got invited
A by no-means-exhaustive list of things my darling girl likes, right now: McDonald’s, swimming, putting things on her Christmas list, flippy sequin shirts, excessive body spray, being tickled, unicorns of
(I just read Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights which was an absolute JOY. Lately I’ve been a little crabby so I thought I’d take a cue from Professor Gay
My kids wake up at 5:30 these days, they are just too excited for the day to begin to spend one more minute in a cocoon of comfort. By 6
The wind is howling today. The rattle and wheeze of it against our creaky house woke our little guy early this morning, and when Adam got ready for work in
I’ll never get tired of her smell, the smell of coconut oil and peanut butter, fruit snacks and sweat. She crawled into bed with us this morning and rubbed her
This year’s Easter was magical. Let me begin, as I often do, by telling you about the food: smoked carnitas tacos with all the fixings (including homemade beans and rice,
I loved baking with my mom as a kid. She is a real baker, the kind of precise person who measures exactly and sets timers and separates yolks from whites.