Happy 2nd Birthday, Issa!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Issa!

Dear Issa, Last week I was driving home from a trip to the store to purchase supplies for your Peppa Pig birthday party in the park. Out of nowhere, the song “When She Loved Me” from Toy Story 2 came on the radio, and I listened to the lyrics reminisce...
Letters From Home

Letters From Home

A couple weeks ago, well before her birthday, Cora piped up in the backseat of the car. “Mom,” she said, “Mia won’t be coming to my party, will she?” No, I replied, we’ll be in Israel so she won’t be able to come. “And...
Happy 5th Birthday, Cora!

Happy 5th Birthday, Cora!

Dear Cora, If you look really closely at these photos, you’ll notice a little green spot on your tights. That, my dear, is where you left Silly Putty to sit a little too long and we couldn’t get it all out. I almost went to retouch the photos and edit that...
Happy Birthday to our Family’s Free Spirit

Happy Birthday to our Family’s Free Spirit

Dear Hadley, For the longest time, you were just my irritating little sister. Stereotypical middle child, number 4 in our family, you were constantly getting in the way and making sure we saw you doing it. I have no memories of you being tranquil. Only Tasmanian...

She’s my sister. I love my sister.

Raise your hand if you watched Barney as a kid.  Come on, nobody can see, just raise your hand.  That’s what I thought. A lot of you.  We were fairly addicted in our household as well, and one of the episodes we watched over and over again has two of the...