Becoming a parent to older children seemed to happen over night. One day, Jack and Zoe were small and the next they were grown. It's like the newborn phase all over again with that glowy haze of uncertainty and moments stockpiled with new discoveries, reaching...
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The birth and beginning of a year brings so much renewal into my psyche, something I have been desperate for throughout the past few months. Evangeline was born, Zoe turned 6, Beau turned 3, the holidays steamrolled through and now Jack is approaching 8 with...
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One of the stories that I hear frequently from my husband's parents tells of a very young Justin getting up by himself in the morning, pouring himself a bowl of Cheerios and milk and turning on the giant television before anyone else is awake. I...
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Evvie and I got home from Toronto late Saturday night after a long day of travel. I was emotionally and physically haggard, despite the wonderfully successful trip. The sunrises over the ocean have been glorious since the beginning of fall, and we awoke Sunday morning to...
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"You look great, Steve!" I remarked as I passed our neighbor, dressed in his costume on Friday. "Thanks!" he fired back. "You look like a drowned rat"! I do now and I will always appreciate his honesty. I absolutely did look like a drowned rat after...
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Jack watched his first television show when he was about 20 months old. Zoe had only been around a week or two, and I was at my wits end trying to figure out how to nurse her and entertain him at the same time. During...
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Beau and I fell asleep together last night with tear stained, salty cheeks. Earlier in the evening, Justin and I had made a nice meal together. He roasted a tenderloin on the BBQ and I made fingerling potatoes and steamed green beans that had been trimmed...
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When we found out we were pregnant with Jack, my husband didn't want to find out what his gender was. He wanted that surprise in the delivery room where the doctor announces and we all rejoice in happiness and tears. That wasn't something I was...
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I want to tell you about Beau. About how sensitive he is and how he's so totally emotionally tuned in to all of us. I wish you could hear the way he calls his baby sister "Baby Evvvvvie", it's so cute and sweet that it...
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Marriage has been one of the greatest learning experiences (read: challenges) of my lifetime. Justin and I didn't know each other all that well when we tied the knot less than a year after we met, so much of our getting-to-know-you time happened in warp...
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Evangeline has been, dare I say, following something of a schedule since the day she was born. It sounds a little crazy to say, and I'm even crazier to put it out there because we all know that Murphy's Law sits and waits for these...
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I was in the second grade when I started to realize that I wasn't cool. My parents had just gotten a divorce and I moved across the country with my mom and my sister to start our new life. I knew at the time that...
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