My husband and I joke that we should call our house the “Center for Discovery”. We’ve had some pretty amazing nannies pass through our doors and, while they worked for us, each of them has experienced a setback – something that’s made them evaluate their life and its direction. In each case, we’ve watched them...
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I hope that on this day you smile. That, regardless of whether you’re celebrating a holiday, regardless of your religion, regardless of what is going on in your life, that you’re able find something today that gives you joy. That, between the messages we receive about what this day should be and everything we’re told...
One year ago, I wondered who you’d be. What you’d be named. Whether you’d match up to the vision I had in my head of a female version of your brother: dark hair, big brown eyes and olive skin. I imaged your fat little hands and the creases in your legs where the skin just couldn’t contain the...
Thirty-eight years ago, at around 5 pm, a doctor proclaimed, “It’s a girl!” then handed over a tiny little baby, your firstborn. Now that I’m a mom, I know just how amazing that moment is – how powerful it is to experience having created that life. And how it changes you in a very profound...
1:43 – I squint at the yellow letters on the clock on the other side of the bed. A weak refrain of “Mommy, come sleep with me,” echoes from across the hall. I want to go back in there – to snuggle up with him while I still can, before he’s older and doesn’t need...