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A few weeks back Nora and her family came for a spell. (Don’t you like resurrecting words from 8 million years ago and using them like they’re current? The other day I said “that would be tops!” I think this makes me cool, but it might just make me a hipster…either way I’m tops! ) A great time was had by all- until it was time for them to leave. That’s when I over heard […]

I was just thinking how I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings takes on a whole new meaning when you’re parenting kids. We got a new Nanny and she is amazing. She’s literally my favorite person in this entire world, and the only person who seems to have the single solitary job of making sure I’m happy. God bless our new nanny and her tendency to start her sentences with “the children” as opposed to […]

  She’s noticing him now. “Oh. My. God. He got so big last night. I can’t even take it!” Those were her words when describing her brother/my child…we’re co-parenting. He’s happiest when she’s home. She’s happiest when he’s chasing her around. She’ll offer him a curl to pull, he’ll share his snack with her. He doesn’t know when a game has stopped- so often I’ll find him crying in a corner wanting her to come […]

A few weeks ago I had the honor and privilege of creating a video for social worker, Shawn McGill who has made it her life’s work to work with people with disabilities.  Shawn’s goal is to raise funds for a series of videos that will help parents and caretakers navigate sexuality & sexual feelings in person’s with autism and other disabilities. I learned so much creating this video for Shawn’s GOFUNDME page. I hope you’ll […]

It might be impossible to summarize this year into a few photos or sentences or even one word- then again the best part about having a blog is that I’ve told every story and shared every thought. I have nearly no words left, here in the last hours of 2013, except for this one, love. I’ll always make room for love. This was the year of love; they are all the year of love. So […]