Monthly Archives: October 2011
Making Peace with Distance
I’ve been far away for a long time. I used to think of Distance as being the space from here to home. But then “home” changed. It became separate places, so far from one another that my finite body could … Continue reading
Filed under Place and Stability
Tired, but Thankful
How many women out there have a father who would fly to her town for four days just to babysit her little boy? I love that August and my dad got to have a grandson and grandpa weekend. There were … Continue reading
Filed under Motherhood
Awkwardness and Vulnerability
The great thing about being married to a reader is that if my husband cares, really cares, about what he’s reading, it is read out loud. Then we talk about it more in the car while the Cars 2 soundtrack … Continue reading
Filed under Books
Butterfly Thankful
Last week my friend Jamie went out of town and left us in the care of her little boy’s five caterpillars who had just begun their chrysalis (what’s plural for chrysalis?). We spent two days watching them wiggle in there … Continue reading
Filed under Motherhood
