29 Nov Get the Holidays over with…
“Part of me is so excited for the holidays,” said a client of mine a few weeks back. “And part of me just wants to open my eyes on January first and have it be over.” I cocked my head at that. Wish away the most...
Author: Kate Austin-Avon
20 Nov Saying Goodbye to Rock Hill
In a LiveJournal entry dated August 21, 2001, I made a list titled “What I Want.” (LiveJournal was the premier blogging website, back before blogging had a name.) I was living in Rutland, Vermont, at the time. Among bullet points like “Making art,” “A cell phone...
31 Aug Don’t Say Meow to People
This was our bedtime story tonight. -- Once upon a time there was a little boy named Henry and his little brother's name was Danny and his little sister's name was Ellie and they liked to play up and down Morgan Avenue. One late summer day, they...
29 Aug I’ll never catch up
It is the most palpable letting-go since birth, my firstborn off on the two wheels of a bike for the first time. This baby bird, nurtured and grown, released from my hands into the wide open air of independence — leaving me behind, still running, even though...
28 Aug Saying Goodbye
This was the story I made up for the kids tonight. It starts the same as they always do. I cried a lot during this one. -- Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Henry and his little brother's name was Danny and his...
27 Aug To helicopter or not to helicopter?
To helicopter or not to helicopter? That is the question. Broken arms, concussions, drownings, car crashes. You name it; I’ve imagined it and possibly prevented it from happening to my three kids. I wave my arms around, spotting them as they climb the ladder up to the...
27 Aug Rock Lobster
There are times in your life where everything just changes all at once. Leveling-up. My last major one was in 2008 — I got a new job at the Chronicle, a new apartment with my boyfriend Cory, and graduated from college all in the span of...