I know how it is when you see her there with her big doe eyes and her shiny blonde hair. How do you not say, “Well, what is that you’re …
Foreplay, After Having Kids
He kissed me when he left this morning. And said, “Thanks for all that you do around here,” while nodding his head toward the sink, the kids, the laundry room. …
One Day
Isn’t this picture the most telling of motherhood? How we run out/around/through whatever it is when we’re worried for our kids, when, sometimes, we’re worried for things that seem really scary in the moment but resolve just fine.
Why I March
This, for me, is the natural progression of parenthood: first, we work to make it good at home for them; then, we work to make it good in the world for them.