From a young mom
“Let it be said I did it as well as I could and learned to wring joy out of every day in the midst of the glaring ordinary.”
Unsocial updates
All last week, I ran from thing to thing. These are the social media posts I drafted and redrafted in my head, and never shared.
How you survive
I imagine that, like me, you want an answer: something to eat or do or break or understand that will make the difference, make this bearable.
Five stories well worth reading
Two nonfiction + three novels = five captivating reads. At least for me. I can never guarantee you’ll like them, but they’re worth a shot.
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Against such there is no law
When weaning myself off leaning on food too much, I like listing all the things I can do for pleasure instead, without limit.
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Why diet?
Sometimes it feels like the majority of adult female life consists of torturing myself back into the correct shape after forgetting myself for six hours.
The Immortal Spatula
“If they never stain, and your cans don’t have sharp edges, how do they wear out?” Naïve smile, unfeigned readiness to accept all the wonders of the world.
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Mama+Dada: A brief lingual history
In the many smatterings of languages I have heard, I have noticed that the word for Mom/ Mama/ Mother/ Mommy nearly always contains the /m/ sound.
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Books for children in foster care
There is a dearth of books on foster care, particularly those written for children. Here is a list I’ve gathered of a few that our family has enjoyed.
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