The Girl Who Wouldn’t Stop Growing
My Dearest, Sweetest Adeline, You are on your way to being 9, which startles me, because how in the world have 9 years already gone by? And with such sadness,…
Read moreMy Dearest, Sweetest Adeline, You are on your way to being 9, which startles me, because how in the world have 9 years already gone by? And with such sadness,…
Read moreAddy and Crosby, We spend so much time together. I am with you two more than I am with any other person on Earth, and it has been that way…
Read moreFirst Grade. It just sounds older. No more pre- or kinder- attached to anything. Just first grade. And in many ways, it still sounds so young. After all, there are…
Read moreAdeline, I packed the last lunch of your kindergarten year tonight. I have packed 180-some lunches for you this year, not a single one of them including an actual sandwich…
Read moreDear Addy, As a five-year-old, you are daily warning me – without even knowing it – of the challenges your preteen and teenage years will bring. Don’t get me wrong,…
Read moreYou guys. I am alone in my house for the first time in…so long that I can’t even remember the last time I was alone in my house. I get…
Read moreFacebook’s been flooded with adorable pictures of kids smiling sweetly before dashing out the door to their first day of school. I wish I could show you one of those…
Read moreWho could these adorable, sweet little feet – complete with pink nail polish – belong to? This guy. I thought it was only appropriate that a sea of women’s lingerie…
Read moreI thought our summer was jam-packed – Water park! Yay! Camping trip! Hooray! Family cabin! Yippee! And when all that was done, I realized it was only July 7th and…
Read moreHave 4-year-old daughter complete pre-kindergarten. Check. Cheer on Joey as he finished his first half marathon and gratefully say goodbye to his 3-hour Saturday morning training runs. Hit up a…
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