Memories
Sep 12, 2011
Ten years ago, when planes flew into the World Trade Center, I was a teenager. I could not drive. I had never been to a school dance. I didn’t even have my period yet. I had braces on my teeth and →MORE...
Aug 02, 2011
It started with the zucchini. One green zucchini and one yellow zucchini sitting on my counter, to be more precise. I e-mailed my friend, who loves to cook, for help. She suggested vegetable tian. The first time that I had vegetable →MORE...
Apr 26, 2011
Dear Charlotte, You turned twenty-one months amazing last week and all we have to show for it is a bouncing little girl. This boggles the mind, little bird. How your father and I ever created YOU, someone so much better than →MORE...


Mar 24, 2011
Flipping through computer files I found this, a shot from November. I’ve been taking Charlotte on a daily walk (or mostly-daily when it’s cold) since her third day of life, but it wasn’t until she was about fourteen or fifteen months →MORE...


Mar 08, 2011
Awhile back, a woman I knew took her child’s life and then her own. Even now this is a very difficult set of circumstances for me to process. I understand why. I think that any woman who has ever given birth, →MORE...

