When the first note–the wrong note–soared out of her violin, I stopped breathing. She stood in front of the audience of strangers, of other children fingering violins, guitars, and piano music, and…
Tag: <span>motherhood</span>
If you could see us, a group of women battling the pernicious “baby weight” war of life, you’d also see a flock of children swirling around us, perhaps on us, like a firefly…
Today was supposed to have a super-burst of oxygenation, thanks to a trip to Phipps Botanical Conservatory. I’ve been looking forward to my antioxidant cocktail of orchid scents and fern gullies, but…
Dear Immediate Family Members of Mine, Perhaps I’ve forgotten to tell you lately that I adore you. I dote on you, to use a word learned from our spelling test…
To get my girl to glow, give her a compliment, in front of other people, and go overboard with the gushing praise. This may also get my introvert girl to…
October 7 | Love I have become a member of a tribe. A tribe I never knew existed in the sub-culture of motherhood, but now I am a full-blooded, card-carrying…