Alice celebrated her first birthday nearly a month ago, and I wouldn’t be totally honest if I didn’t admit that the day was filled with…
Abundance
Each new season of parenting has made me look back on the one before and wonder how, exactly, it was that I thought the milestones…
Mister Jem
I saw them from across the room, and it took my breath away. No one else saw it, I’m sure. There was nothing special in…
The First and the Last
I’m terribly behind in posting. I knew that once “the baby” (funny to think back to a time when Alice was not Alice) arrived I’d…
October, pt. 2
Yesterday I hinted at something big that had happened in October without giving the details. Today I tell all.
Sweet, Or Not
Half a year has already passed since Alice joined our family. We’re well into the rhythm of making space for her presence. There’s a not…
From A Distance
Of all of the unique challenges that come with large family life— the abbreviated appliance life cycles, the hunt for a vehicle big enough to…
Late In The Game
Summer is already waning. You can tell because the cicadas are now loud enough to be heard inside, with all the windows shut. I’m tempted…
Priority Tetris
It’s funny how a disruption to routine, well… disrupts your routine. For several years now, I’ve blogged in the wee morning hours, in relative quiet,…
Little Adventures
Life has seemed adventurous lately. Maybe not in the bold sense of scaling mountains, but after the hibernation-like cocooning of pregnancy any series of outings…