Mar 15, 2017 | Issa Brooke, Motherhood
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...
Jan 20, 2017 | Cora Marie, Motherhood
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...
Jan 13, 2017 | Cora Marie, Family, Motherhood
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...
Jan 6, 2017 | Family, Thoughts on Life
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...
Dec 16, 2013 | Family, Uncategorized
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...