Two questions follow the word “belong”: “where?” and “to whom?” Two reactions follow the word “belong”: “do I?” and “Yes!” Because it’s difficult to always root yourself in a place…
Tag: <span>family</span>
And they all played happily ever after…is not the way this story ends. It ends with one cousin, wearing pink travel headphones, Little Mermaid on the DVD paused mid-song, sobbing…
I’m a glutton for punishment: I submitted myself to a four-year-old’s brutally honest view of her mama by asking her a round of those questions you’ve seen on the Father’s…
I’ve only just picked up my fork when I hear, “Mama, may I be excused please?” This is a typical dinnertime in the toddler stage of family life. One child…
I left my kids. As I drove away from the house, Little Friend clung awkwardly, the way only four-going-on-two-year-olds can do, to her grandma’s hip. She sobbed. Little Friend is…
I’ve discovered this totally awesome thing about dirt: it doesn’t age. Better yet, most of it doesn’t mold, spoil, or flit away on other errands. Once it lands someplace, it…