Back in May, I turned to Paul and said, "This is going to be the craziest summer I've ever had."  And I meant that too.  Yes, ...

It was Friday evening, about seven o'clock, when I spotted the bracelet.  I recognized the magenta beads strung together by elastic, for...

When I look back on April, it seems like a dream that left me in a haze of denial.  Surely, it can't be May already.  But it is, so here...

Sometimes I feel there is this expectation for me to be the chipper comic relief, and I don't know how to reconcile that image with th...

During my first pregnancy, many well-intended folks ventured that my delivery would be similar to my mother’s delivery with me, so when my m...

March was a month where the universe conspired against me.  I had all of the best intentions to clean, organize, hem curtains, be perfect, t...

The house smells sour no matter how many windows I open and how many blankets I wash.  Both of my children spent the night throwing up, oft...