Hello friends. I hope the sun is shining on your Saturday with as much light and brilliance as it is shining on mine. It’s been an overwhelming week for me and for my family. We spent the greater part of …
He fidgets. We wait. He jumps up, runs over to the machine and looks all herky-jerky, happy, just wanting to play with one of those toys they give to kids. You know the toys, right? They’re packed into this glass …
I paced back and forth in front of my son’s first grade classroom, waiting for his teacher to finish talking to another child’s parents. My husband tries to come to as many parent-teacher conferences as work permits, but I’d scheduled …
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It’s Tuesday afternoon. He runs into my room wearing cleats, shin guards and socks that are so long on his still tiny legs that they reach up over his knees and need to be folded over. I sigh and follow …
8:44 AM. Voices and hands and feet echo and bounce off the walls and I awake to another day in August. I shake off my nightmares and all of their painful psychological detritus. I should have known the nightmares would …
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Questions from Ben after getting off the school bus: “Did you get me anything new today?” “No. I was sick. I got you some cheese.” “Can I have some?” “Yes.” “Will you cut it in half?” “Yes.” “What’s wrong with …