The other day I needed a small plate that sat on the highest shelf of my kitchen cabinet. There was no way I could reach it, even with a maximum stretch. And no one taller (i.e. ALL three of the other members of my household) was around to assist. My 46 year old auto pilot [...]
Dear Chase, Today is your 15th birthday. It is, by all measures, a day to celebrate your fantastic, jubilant and blessed life. And I am missing it. Thank you for feigning shock and sadness when I told you that I really couldn’t blow off my firm offsite to watch you blow out your candles this [...]
This past week marked the beginning of seasonal depression for some. While it’s safe to say that most of us appreciated the extra hour to sleep or shop or watch football last Sunday, come darkness at 5:00 p.m., and a collective groan could be heard across the land. It was the top of conversation all [...]
Does anyone else in your class still purchase these pictures?? Noah and I were assessing this year’s school photographs which were delivered to the students on Friday. I had purchased Package D – the least money I could spend to get my hands on a single 5×7 to update the picture frame in my office. [...]
Almost 17 years ago, I gave birth to the moon in my sky. I didn’t know it at the time, but this tiny creature would beckon my heart towards him with a gravitational force for which I had no defenses. Intense, deep feeling and luminous, my oldest child has been a constant presence whose moods [...]
I wish I had a great story or even a well-crafted excuse for why I haven’t blogged here since August 4. I don’t. There was no mental breakdown or exciting new project that stole my time and energy. I did not run out of worthy material nor was I banned from oversharing by my children. [...]
Thank you to all who expressed concern for Noah and his safe return from Israel. His homecoming a week ago was a huge relief for our family, and I’m still processing the experience, which has been enlightening in so many ways for me as a parent. Below is one of the larger, unexpected takeaways, [...]
Dear Noah: Today I am writing you a letter you will likely never read. It is Sunday afternoon and by the time I post this tomorrow morning, you will be landing in Warsaw, Poland, embarking on a 5 week journey which, after a week in Europe will bring you to Israel, where I am told [...]
When my boys were tiny, I remember teaching them how to throw a ball. For these little guys, success was in understanding the mechanics of the throw. If they released the ball too early, it went nowhere, maybe even falling behind them. Holding on too long produced an even more disastrous result with the ball [...]
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” -Ernest Hemingway When I first started writing with the intent of others reading my words, I didn’t get why writers were stereotyped as such tortured souls. Back then, over a decade ago, the sentences flew from my heart [...]
