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From Trees
On November 12, 2013 | 2 Comments

Every year it comes to this, I would imagine–though I can’t say I remember it, surprised as I am every time: the air cleared of humidity so you could see for miles if the way lay straight; the leaves in that state of going, that thinned-outness–falling or still clinging–that makes every breeze into its own […]

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Boy
On May 20, 2013 | 3 Comments

It was a while ago now that he came in to the kitchen and stood next to me where I was stirring something on the stove.“Mom,” he said, “there are things about me that you don’t know.”“You’re right,” I said. He might have been nine or ten years old.  I wondered at the time if […]

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Y.O.L.O.
On April 28, 2013 | 4 Comments

I think some parents will do all kinds of things in order to spend time with our kids. We schlep them ourselves to soccer tournaments, rather than car-pooling, maybe, for that priceless car-talk-time. We sit on the edges of their beds in the dark, listening despite our (and her) late-night fatigue, because now is the time she […]

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If Not Always, Then At Least Maybe Sometimes
On January 5, 2010 | 5 Comments

I’ve always loved reading aloud to my children. I began, in fact, when William was still in utero (yes, I was one of those mothers), but took it up in earnest when he was newborn and we were alone in the house together for hours at a time. Rather than watch mind-numbing television during those […]

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How It’s Done
On December 19, 2008 | 2 Comments

So what I’ve realized about the less-than-wonderful aspects of my children’s characters is that I must model for them what is Right and Good. I mean, how can I expect them to be long-suffering if I have No Patience Whatsoever? How can I expect them to control their tongues if I let fly at any […]

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