At this time last year, we’d just moved to our new home and had celebrated Thanksgiving with family, hosting a meal for about a dozen people.
The next morning, which was dark and rainy, I happened to look outside and noticed that our car’s window appeared to be down. I went out to roll it back […]
I was with my father in a large gymnasium where a basketball game was underway. It was late at night, and I was exhausted, and had hoped to find my husband and infant daughter. They were nowhere to be seen and I had grown weary of wandering in the huge arena. Although I wanted to […]
My six-year-old son has recently taken to wearing shirts that he can transform into tunics by cinching them with a belt just at or above his waistline. When I see him do this, especially in anticipation of going to school or to a social event, I bite my tongue. Depending on my mood, I am […]
My five-year-old son tells me, “When I’m asleep, my mind is sleeping. When I’m awake, my mind is awake. When I’m sad, my mind is sad. When I’m happy, my mind is happy. When I’m mad, my mind is mad. Every time I talk, I can see my mind. When I said that, I saw […]
In a rare turn of events, last night River was able to remember his dream, but I was not. Actually, I think I woke pre-dawn, realized my dream was way more than I could legitimately handle, mentally-speaking, and then prevented myself from going back to sleep.
This was partly because my mind was racing from thoughts […]
I feel all this tension in my back from having a pretty rough couple of days. I ask River to crack my spine for me in a hug. A few vertebrae give a satisfying crack. I ask him to try a little lower. Even in trying to let him, I feel my back tense up, […]
Halloween brings out the best in us. Here, a friend who lives nearby gives a little love-kiss to his/her dog.
Nice. These two make a good pair. You should see their baby, who was dressed up like a pumpkin. She slept through most of the trick-or-treating. Our friends here were relieved to be out and about […]