I am emotional about Louisa May Alcott. When I think of her I become misty. You may know her as the writer of Little Women and Little Men but to me she is the one who gave me permission to call myself a writer. In her preserved home, Orchard House in Concord, Ma, I walked the floors she and her artful, creative family walked. My feet tread the aging floors of a family of intellectual giants. I stared out of…
You might be a boy mom if your bathroom smells like a subway elevator in July. On subway elevators in…
I like to wear jeans with holes in the knees to church. I also like to slip my sandals off,…
One more circle to close. Before I loved The Bearded Wonder, there was a prophecy. A good man told The…
Last week, I wrote about God the Author; the one who pens the story of your life and the massive,…
When I began homeschooling my boys, I was too confoundedly independent to join a charter school but too untested to…
We are home again. After five years of fighting for the life of our little boy, we are home and…
I haven’t written in a while. I’ve begun a number of posts, but they’ve all felt so forced. The truth…
I am good at self-denial. If there is a book out there pro-porting to solve all of my life’s woes…
I tossed and turned last night with fitful sleep. Nightmares made me squirm and nearly cry out for the first…
New England used to seem to me to be some sort of romantic place that only really existed in lovely…
A number of years ago a very smart friend of mine introduced a concept to me that has been tickling…
Dear Bearded Wonder, Remember when we used to keep a journal together and always signed it with “Happy Valentine’s Day”? …
Have you ever read a book that made you want to jump out of your seat and shout, “Me too!”? …
Hi, good buddies! It’s that time of year again. The time when I hit you up for cash. Or toothpaste. …
Having a child with ODD is not unlike carting a dark storm cloud with you everywhere you go. Imagine if…
Jack turned five last weekend. Can you even believe this? I didn’t know this would happen. I never allowed myself…
I signed into the Cardiac ICU as a visitor to a little boy and his mother. I didn’t even know…
Not long ago, the Bearded Wonder and I were hired by the BBC (woah there someone’s got their big people…
We bought a bag full of pears which have decided to defy the rules and will not soften under any…