I’m listening earnestly to Little Friend and Little One these days. Moment #1 “Mama, I have a new friend, but he’s invisible. His name is Margaret.” I force myself to…
Tag: <span>parenting</span>
Smooky books, smooky stories, smooky movies. That’s Little Friend’s current request: things that spook (or smook), scare, and go bump in the night. This same little girl who feels it…
Little Friend lifted her foot to the level of her hip and pistoned it back down to the floor. Repeatedly. I could have planted rows of corn in the furrows…
If I knew I could hit a baby to make it stop crying in the middle of the night like I hit the snooze button on my alarm, chances are…
Dear Little Friend and Little One, I imagine your great-great-grandmother Ruth slumped on the farmhouse steps, eyes unfocused on the Illinois dirt of the yard before her, a bowl of…
I’ll refrain from saying “I told you so.” When we opted to wait until the delivery room to discover Little One’s gender, we were met with a variety of reactions,…