My mom texted me a video a few days ago featuring a poem about an 80-year-old woman who wakes up to find herself magically back in her 38-year-old body, living one day in her 38-year-old life. She sees her younger body and her small children differently, with the perspective of someone who already knows how … Continue reading Mysterious Beach
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While We Are Here
I will not have my husband forever. I know this. It hurts my heart but I know this. One day he will be gone. A few years older than I. maybe soon— a car crash, an aneurysm, or decades from now, if grace is kind. But some day I will have to re-learn the shape … Continue reading While We Are Here
Home
There is no home without you. I’ve come back to the house before, when you haven’t been here. It’s a house, not a home, and it transforms the minute you get back. Or before – before there was a you that became a part of us. I lived in other places, other houses. I got … Continue reading Home
Michael Is Terrible At Delivering News – Part 1
A multi-post blog in which I detail the many, many times Michael has botched telling me important information. These will include, but not necessarily be limited to, The Time He Proposed, The Time He Decided To Tell Me He Wanted Kids, The Time He Called Me To Tell Me He Won Big At A Casino, … Continue reading Michael Is Terrible At Delivering News – Part 1
The Great Recorder Incident of 2022
In what can only be described as an obvious and unmistakable act of war, Michael brought home a recorder and gave it to Rebecca this afternoon. The shrieks, squawks, and squeals started long before the recorder was actually out of its packaging. Our daughter, when excited, has the vocal capacity to imitate what I can … Continue reading The Great Recorder Incident of 2022
Pocket Sized 