The Little Boy I’m Dancing With Today Will be a Great Man Tomorrow
We got dressed up. I wore a dress and red heels. You wore a bow tie and your dad’s cologne.…
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We got dressed up. I wore a dress and red heels. You wore a bow tie and your dad’s cologne.…
Continue ReadingNot long ago my youngest son asked me, “What do you hope I’ll be when I grow up?” My first…
Continue ReadingI don't usually shop at Trader Joe's, that is my husband's domain. He goes for the Roquefort cheese, coconut milk,…
Continue Reading"Hi! How are you?" I smiled with my usual response. "Good. How are you?" She buzzed past me, threw some…
Continue ReadingThe week after Thanksgiving, a mom drove my car home for me. Not my mom. Another mom who had never…
Continue ReadingA new year is upon us and I can almost smell the possibility. The week between Christmas and New Year's…
Continue ReadingThrough my early twenties, I worked in customer service as a gas station clerk and a waitress, and let me…
Continue ReadingThere is something about the wonder of Christmas through the eyes of a child. The way they stand in awe…
Continue ReadingDana Dirkes’ life was rocked in July when she was very quickly and surprisingly diagnosed with Large B Cell Lymphoma…
Continue ReadingSometimes, it just needs to be said; the frustration, the anger, the embarrassment needs to be put into words. Chances…
Continue ReadingSchool is so exciting to you right now, little one. You are unsure about what is to come but the…
Continue ReadingI saw the look on Adam’s face as we turned the corner, and braced myself for the inevitable three-year-old’s howl. But…
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