Life’s Sacred Moments

When our girls were babies, we spent a good amount of time getting them to sleep (neither were great sleepers when they were little), and maybe that’s why we also spent a good amount of time watching them as they slept. Sure, there were the typical parent-related...

The Lives We Tend

Like many folks, our family bought pumpkins last October as part of our fall tradition. We typically buy smaller ones that we can use inside on a tabletop or, in the case of our oldest teen, on a bookshelf in her room (alongside her 80s musician Funko Pop collection)....

Among Us

Many, many years ago, when I had first graduated from college, I was somewhere in New England spending time with my best friend at the time and we decided to play a round of mini golf. In the moment, it seemed like a lovely way to spend a summer day; in retrospect,...

Lost in Time

Other than sleeping, there are a handful of activities that invite me to lose time with them and all of them involve story in some form, whether reading a good story, watching an engaging movie, or working at my laptop on one of my own stories. As our girls have...

Awareness over Angst, Always

Do you remember when you were a teenager? I sure do, and, despite so many people who claim those days were the best days of their lives, I could not abandon those days fast enough. I spent my teenage years questioning who I was, who I wanted to be, not really liking...