The River
The thing about feelings is this: they either rush through us like a river and empty out of us or they course around and meet a wall — a wall we build when it’s not safe to let it out. The boys rush to...
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Animaniacs!
We have swerved off of Looney Tunes into the land of Animaniacs! It’s a shame I’ve not yet shared Sam’s adoration of all things Looney Tunes because it supplanted Thomas the Tank Engine about a year...
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Count Your Blessings
I’m not sure when I stopped paying attention to what was playing on the radio — no, that’s not true. I stopped once I had kids and was more concerned with what dangers lurk outside — as if I monitored...
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Those Pesky Producers
Sam runs in to the kitchen where I am working on dinner and says, “Mom, it was Jamie Kellner.” I am confused, I don’t know a Jamie. Or a Kellner. “It was Jamie Kellner, Mom,” he says, pointing at the...
View ArticleLoving You
We sit here and talk about your day. New camp, new experience, new fears. And you whisper, Her name is Mimi, your smile shy. She cried at drop-off and I ask if she did better as the day went on. She...
View ArticleThe Difference Is…
The lights off, I tuck you in. Your eyes, heavy with sleep, struggle to stay open. You ask me in your sleepy voice, “Why am I different from other kids?” I ask what you mean and you say, “You know how...
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Sam’s Credo
I came across this scribbled drawing as I gathered the dozens of pages Sam leaves strewn across the house. Our house is on the market, have I mentioned this? That we need to move? and life on the...
View Article12-12-12
We’ve spent the entire day in court hammering out the details of separate lives. It shouldn’t be this difficult, certain facts are undeniable: we are here because of the actions of one. But difficult...
View ArticleSpaces Between Us
We are on our way to meet your dad and it is a trek. We’ve done all the prep: schedules and social stories for John and long talks about our feelings and careful treading through the what-ifs of...
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Words Like Nets
This. This at the end of a long, tiring day. This, when you simply want to put a period on it, as in, THE DAY IS DONE. This, when the goal is to slide into the evening with your thoughts and a glass of...
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