I Don’t Want to Spend Today Worrying How Much I’ll Miss Him Tomorrow
Dear toddler, Everyone tells me the days are long, but the years are short. They tell me I’ll turn around…
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Dear toddler, Everyone tells me the days are long, but the years are short. They tell me I’ll turn around…
Continue ReadingI’m no longer the last person he says goodnight to. That’s a hard pill to swallow. Here we are, just…
Continue ReadingSweet child, I know you want to grow up. You want to get older and do more and more. I…
Continue ReadingI’m at this stage of parenting. You know, the one when I hardly catch their faces in photos anymore but…
Continue ReadingShe sits curled up as tight as she can make herself, in the corner of the sofa. She has never…
Continue ReadingMy son slammed his fingers down the guitar strings enthusiastically while I stared at my computer screen, eyes glazed over,…
Continue Reading“Mommy, watch,” you say, as you are making a silly face with your tongue sticking out. That one little phrase…
Continue ReadingI never anticipated how much dirt and sweat and tears and stink would come with being a mom—and a boy…
Continue ReadingA few years ago, I let go of our Mr. Potato Head collection. I asked my boys to play one…
Continue ReadingMy boy bought me a ring. He stuck a token into a prize machine and out it popped. “It’s for…
Continue ReadingI had this dream. The kind of dream that only mothers have. He was three years older than the age…
Continue ReadingThere he is. Standing on first base. A boy who needs me less. I think back to 10 years ago.…
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