“I still really want a football,” Elias said last week. “What happened to the one you got for Christmas?” I said, helping myself to more pasta. “I didn’t get one for Christmas.” “What? Yes you did. It was on your list and I got you one.” “Well, WE did,” Paul said. “That was from both… Continue reading ‘Tis(n’t) the Season
Category: Parenting
By Gum
My niece Keely is in her twenties and has given birth to the cutest baby currently on the planet — do not argue with me about this; you will lose — but that does not mean I do not remember all the things she did when she herself was a child. Because I need to… Continue reading By Gum
Big Things Happ’nin
I may have mentioned, once or twice or sixty times, that I'm a nervous wreck leading up to Levi's annual appointments at the CF clinic. This feels ridiculous, because we almost never get bad news. But it feels significant, like something very bad could happen. And his whole team would be there to tell us about the… Continue reading Big Things Happ’nin
These Nights
These are the nights I don’t tell you about. These are the nights that I think maybe, for real, we’re not going to make it. That maybe there was a reason we didn’t get pregnant, and that reason was my total unfitness to be a mother. These are the nights when I know for sure… Continue reading These Nights
Stuck In the Middle
Today as I sit here and write, I'm okay. But I'm going to share something with you that I created when I was not okay. Last week, I was really upset. We ran into a little red tape with some of Levi's medications, and it looked like we were going to end up paying thousands… Continue reading Stuck In the Middle