Tweet Happy birthday to Matt, the man who many people who read my blog aren’t sure exists. He does, I promise. I just don’t write about him. I have to draw the line somewhere … On past birthdays I have extolled Matt’s well-known and lesser-known good qualities, listed things he is to me, and written [...]
Tweet I grew up in the embrace of several extended families. One of these was my godfamily. And one of these godsisters, who lives nearby, had a baby this winter. One February afternoon after school Grace, Whit and I stopped by. I parked too far away so we walked several blocks in the cold, our [...]
Tweet I am turning 39 this summer. I have a 10 year old and an 8 year old. I drive an SUV, own a house, have been married almost 13 years, and have a graduate degree. It’s pretty hard to deny that I’m an adult. I’m constantly surprised, however, by what it takes to make [...]
Tweet I am always looking for ways to capture right now. After all these, right now is my life, after all. I found this meme on Ali Edwards’ beautiful blog, and loved it. I’m so curious about what’s on … in your world right now too! Vanity – I don’t have a vanity. I’m not [...]
Tweet Several years ago, I admitted that it had taken me a long time to understand what people meant when they said their children were “their teachers.” I finally understood. And this past week I have learned anew what that means. Over and over again, the things my children say and see startle me with [...]
Tweet There are a very few things that I am deep in the marrow of my bones. One of them is a Bostonian (I was born here, my parents live here, I met my husband here, my babies were born here, this is my home in the most essential sense of the word). Another of [...]
Tweet On Sunday, the day before Patriot’s Day and the Boston marathon, Grace ran her first road race. On the marathon course. I was in New York for work, so I missed it, but I was sent this fantastic picture. My heart swelled with both pride and shock, because really, how can my baby be [...]
Tweet I recently read Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In. I know her work is controversial (though I’m not totally sure why, to be honest, after reading her book), and my goal is not to review the book. But I will say I loved Lean In. I found it supportive and inspiring, and while I agree there [...]
Tweet Every night, when I put Grace and Whit to bed, I whisper, “I’ll see you in the morning.” That sentence is, as I wrote a few months ago, the distillation of parenthood. I will be here in the morning. You can go to sleep, safe, sound, trusting. I’m not the only mother who finds [...]
Tweet We shall see but little way if we require to understand what we see. How few things can a man measure with the tape of his understanding! How many greater things might he be seeing in the meanwhile. – Thoreau For as long as I can remember, I have been literal. I have almost [...]
