I’m quite certain that I will never get tired of watching the leaves turn.  Come September, and probably late August, I begin to watch for changes: Ah yes, that green leaf definitely has shades of orange in it. What’s funny is that every year, despite my obsession with looking for fall, I am always surprised to see that it’s more… View Post

Can we talk about this girl for a minute? I have to start by telling you about a pair of gym shorts. They were dark blue with orange letters, and everyone received a pair once they entered high school. I couldn’t wait to get mine and wear them. I wanted to own a pair of these shorts since my elementary… View Post

My sophomore year of college, my roommate and I made a mix tape to fall asleep to.  We’d press “play,” climb up the ladder to our lofts and fall asleep to singers like Dave Matthews, Cowboy Junkies, and Sarah McLaughlin. Natalie Merchant was among the artists we chose to lull us to sleep, and she sang a song that always… View Post

On the morning Hadley turned 5, she came into our bedroom and said, “Goodbye four, hellooooooooo FIVE!”  That seemed like an appropriate way to usher in the Big 5.  She then asked if she was in fact 5, and I told her yes.  I didn’t want to say that actually, it would be 3:02pm when she would officially turn a… View Post

There was a party. It had face-painting. There was hopscotch, and bowling, and bubbles. We built our own cupcakes with sprinkles and candles on them. There were “real” cupcakes, too. There was Pin the Tail on the Donkey. And there were presents. All this was to celebrate two little girls we know who are turning 3 and 5. When I… View Post