I remember thinking, when I saw footage of the 2011 tsunami that hit Japan, how crazy it was that a disaster could turn houses, libraries, schools, museums, cars, people, into debris floating in the ocean. After Hurricane Katrina, my friend Emma went to help and photographed...
I thought that my oldest son Henry turning five would have hit me harder. But the busy tasks of putting on a birthday party kept me occupied and it passed without any major meltdowns on my part. And I thought that him starting Kindergarten would...
Henry's in T-ball and we are experiencing Glens Falls Little League for the first time ever. I've lived in this city for something like ten years now and I had no idea that this big underground party was going on without us. Did you know that all...
I've written about this before, the rough patch I went through in high school. (I swear I'll get back to cute kid stories soon.) I went to Northeastern Family Institute once and Brattleboro Retreat twice, for self harm and depression. I grew up with two loving...
Ima start this out by saying that I know some FOXY moms. Some women who are drop dead gorgeous and their momming makes them that much more beautiful. Moms are beautiful. And a body is something that is beautiful because it's functional and it does its job...
I've only scratched the surface with the things I'm going through at my parents' house. Maybe two boxes so far, and I haven't brought myself to throw anything away, which is probably a mistake. But Marz's death and this revisitation of time capsules from my...
In the last week or so, these things have happened: 1. My parents have accepted an offer on the house that I grew up in and now have to move out by spring. 1a. Due to the above, my folks have brought me several boxes of my...