They have to leave us. They try to do it strongly. We have to let them go. We try to do it gracefully. They have to go far away. We have to stay put. But it doesn't always happen fast. Sometimes it drags out over days. Days of waiting to leave. Days of knowing they... Continue Reading →
This past week I had occasion to call an ambulance. Twice. The first time was especially great because I was also obliged to leave my screaming husband and screaming baby in the exam room so as to run across the hospital to the parking lot where I had to move my car in order for... Continue Reading →
When we had a non-carpeted eating area (ah, the sweet sweet regret of yesteryear), one of the kids' chores was to sweep the floor after dinner. On this particular day, Bella was wearing her paper crown from school--Happy Birthday Bella! scrolling in gorgeously sparkly glitter around it. Bella, from the floor with her dust pan: "Since... Continue Reading →
Hawaii is widely acknowledged as paradise. And of course it's beautiful. It's fantastically beautiful and fantastically strange. I arrived here with the generic Hawaii expectations: Hula girls, ukuleles, beaches, drinks with little umbrellas in them. But I also arrived with my bad attitude and reluctance to give even a rat's ass about any of it,... Continue Reading →
First of all: No. You haven't lost time--it has been mere days since I last posted, not months (as is my custom). You weren't expecting to see me again so soon, and honestly I wasn't expecting myself to have anything to say so soon. That is because we internalize, Precious. We internalize like a mofo.... Continue Reading →
When we first heard that Harper Lee was publishing another novel, my brother and I immediately started text-exchanging potential titles: To Revive A Mockingbird; Scout's Honor; The Lawyer, The Bitch, and the Chifforobe; Yule Tide: Vengeance Is His... I was so excited. Nothing quite glorified sibling alliance like To Kill A Mockingbird and I was pumped to hear... Continue Reading →
I posted 5 times this year. I am choosing to think of this as "My life is a pure straight shot of profound brilliance with no need for lots and lots of words-- like a Haiku. I'm totally like a Haiku..." rather than "Gah, I really don't have anything relevant to say and my time... Continue Reading →
When Malcolm was about a year and a half and I was pregnant with Bella, we thought we'd take a little mini-break to Portsmouth. I think it's the closest to divorce we've ever come. It. Was. Awful. Sleepless nights, unauthorized long-distance phone calls from the hotel room, lost articles of clothing, handfuls of utensils thrown... Continue Reading →
So I had a dream the other night. I was out in the ocean, catchin’ some waves…on a boogie board. Sam was with me. The waves were really REALLY huge. Like, Hollywood-cataclysmic-natural-disaster-movie huge. Sam was trying to teach me how to “do it right”—where to catch the wave to ride the greatest distance. I wasn’t... Continue Reading →
