The Danger of Making a Public Commitment

The Danger of Making a Public Commitment

It’s 5:30 pm on Thursday. In my last post, I told you that I post on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. I thought I was safe to tell you that because I have been blogging three times a week for nearly two years. It’s a habit. It’s what I do. I like...
Little Girl Dreams

Little Girl Dreams

I’m driving in the car with my daughters. We’re talking about our birthdays later this year. My oldest daughter will be turning ten just months after I turn forty. Our thirty year age gap makes it easy for all three of my girls to remember my age. “Cami is nine so...
Bly Hill

Bly Hill

If I close my eyes, I can see myself at the end of our driveway. It is just before dusk. We are stretching our legs, getting ready. The sky is tinged with pink as the sun sinks behind the trees. The air is still. As we turn east to jog down the hill I can hear the...
Rivers of Joy, Puddles of Passion

Rivers of Joy, Puddles of Passion

Through the pullups, cleanups, and over-exuberant cheers of potty training over the years, one thread has run common for my three girls.  It is that, at some point when we all believe that the threshold has been crossed, an accident happens.  This is no reference to...
The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

In our years before kids, my husband and I had two really terrific adventures. For two consecutive summers, we took long trips on our bicycles. We planned the trips because we wanted to create memories and stories we could tell our kids. The first summer, we rode from...
Giving

Giving

Not long after I settled into my favorite chair this morning, an old friend started a conversation on Facebook.  New friends started conversations on Twitter. My day crossed theirs in the weird hour that’s not night and not morning. As their Saturday night...