Things I want baby to know #27
Falling in love isn’t really a choice, and it shouldn’t be– if you are choosing to love someone, then it’s a reach. The key in life is not to look […]
An athlete, a gardener, a crawler
My brother was my first soccer coach. He was a senior in high school. I was in third grade. It drove him nuts that I was on his team, and so I […]
A few general rules for writing
I am asked a lot about how to start a writing career— an amusing question to me as my career began so accidentally. I thought I would write after my retirement […]
Saving the Leatherback Turtle from Extinction
Micro-chipping a leatherback turtle. Five summers ago at this time, I was in Trinidad with 10 college students and one other group leader. We were there to work with […]
Houston, we have a crawler.
Which means 2 things: 1. I now have to take a chaperone with me, the littlest one, when I run to the bathroom. 2. There’s a milestone contest winner! Congrats […]
Where did you get your baby?
Yep. Someone asked me that promptly after our being introduced. The question didn’t offend me in the moment, but it really did startle me as folks aren’t usually that forward […]
Rules for my unborn son
Nope, I’m not pregnant, but I am loving this blog by Walker Lamond: 1001 Rules for My Unborn Son. It’s a teaser for his upcoming book and it’s a […]
Racing for survival
My father has the open moon face of Morgan Freeman. It is a face that moves me to silence, that shows its vulnerability in every collection of blotched pigment or […]
Thank you, servicemen and servicewomen.
My father is a veteran of the Vietnam War. He did two long (what war tour doesn’t feel long?) tours in Vietnam, continued to serve in the military until his […]
Almost 9 months old
Baby’s 9 month old mark is early next week so here are nine interesting little tid-bits about the kid. 1. He knows how to throw. This is very fun when […]
