Grace was a colicky baby. I was a colicky new mother. Those first few weeks and months involved far more crying than they did sleep. First, I was lost in the 24 hour tilt-a-whirl cycle of newborn-ness where day and night blend into each other in an endless wash of gray, tears, [...]
As I was driving last night, Like a Prayer came on and my thoughts drifted, immediately and firmly, to Leigh. They always do. Leigh is a dear, dear friend of my childhood. We met at a camp on Cape Cod when we were 12 or 13 and for several summers enjoyed an [...]
I took this picture last weekend. I am struck by two things: the incredible, blade-like line of the airplane moving through the sky with purposeful speed, and the achingly blue of the sky. The movement and the stillness that underlies it. The trajectory and the background. This image is a good metaphor for something I’ve [...]
A fabulous memoir by Isabel Allende. I read it a couple of years ago, but turned back to its pages last night for some reason. I won’t even attempt to say anything that Allende can’t say better herself. Some of my favorite passages:
Never do harm, and wherever possible do good.
All the air blew out of [...]
I sat at the kitchen table yesterday afternoon drinking tea and watching my children play in our back yard (“yard” is optimistic – suffice it to say we live in a very urban area). Still, I’m always delighted when they entertain themselves with little fuss or stimulation, and they did.
For some reason I was [...]
I am delighted to be over that The Kitchen Table today, writing about talking to my kids about God and understanding in a new way what holiness is.
Also, thanks to Corinne at Trains, Tutus and Teatime for showing me the way to this great, collaborative site.
Images of Whit (this time in photographs, not words)
A handwritten valentine for his favorite girl classmate.
Look what the melting snow unearthed in the back yard!
Epic bedhead (this, by the way, was how he looked on Picture Day – A+ for motherhood that day).
A Lego robot he built himself.
Dinosaurs and superhero cape: just another afternoon in [...]
I’ve been trying to live in the moments this week (okay, this and every week). And so I wanted to capture a few of them. In words, this time.
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Driving Grace and Whit to school in the morning, stopping at Starbucks for my venti nonfat latte, then heading to school while both children belt [...]
I’m absolutely delighted to be participating in Snippets at Boy Crazy: finding clarity in the chaos today. Elizabeth’s brilliant idea about collaborative art makes the most of this disparate and wonderful web community. Together our voices and eyes can be more than any of us is individually. I love the concept she has pioneered and [...]
Inspired by Chatting at the Sky today, a glimpse of my home. My desk, where I spend most of my time. Photographs of old friends and family. A few quotations. Printed lines of emails from my mother and father. Art by Gracie. Two prints whose messages speak to me. And of course, my trusty laptop. [...]
