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Bittersweet 30 May 2013 | 05:06 pm
I purchased the tickets months ago. A week visiting friends and relatives back in Pennsylvania would be bookended by a wedding and a baby shower. Instead, we lost my aunt two days before her daughter’...
Jumping in 16 May 2013 | 10:33 pm
Her toes curl over the edge of the brick. She hesitates for a minute, glances over to me and then makes eye contact with her instructor. “Go ahead, Chessa!” Miss Nancy calls out. “You can do this.” Sh...
On leaning in 22 Apr 2013 | 05:28 pm
It’s 10:00 at night and my eyes are dry and heavy. My shoulder twinges every time I move it the wrong way – which is every way, apparently. My mind is spinning but I can’t focus on any one particular ...
Just another Sunday 15 Apr 2013 | 03:22 pm
The air smells like barbeque and salt, musty and damp and at the same time fresh, a stale cigarette breaks through and is then gone. The sounds of the seagulls overhead combine with the waves crashing...
the beat of my heart 4 Apr 2013 | 07:22 am
Three sets of hands are clapping in time with the song, playing through the car. “If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.” From the backseat I hear Chessa’s hands smacking together and see C...
Cole: Two Year Letter 13 Mar 2013 | 12:47 am
Dear Cole, Five minutes ago you ran into my “office” and reached up to me. “I need a hug,” you said. I pulled you into my lap, even though I try to discourage you from coming upstairs while I’m workin...
Home. 6 Mar 2013 | 01:20 am
I stand in a kitchen cluttered with boxes, stray dishes and packing paper. Several boxes are opened, more are still taped shut. Cabinet doors are flung wide, chairs are shoved around and a step stool...
Take little steps 13 Feb 2013 | 08:27 pm
Dear Chessa, Take little steps. Someday, many years from now, when you walk down the aisle and the love of your life is waiting there for you, take little steps. I see you now. All of three years old,...
“Write that which should not be forgotten.” Isabel Allende 29 Jan 2013 | 05:12 pm
“Write that which should not be forgotten.” Isabel Allende The way Cole’s hands are still just the tiniest bit chubby, the curve of his toddler cheek and the dimple in his elbow. The blonde hair that...
When the world stops 17 Dec 2012 | 07:52 am
Like mothers across the country and the world, my throat has been tight all weekend. My arms have been wrapped around my babies tighter, bedtimes extended, work put off for the visceral need to just w...
