Explaining Homelessness To A Five-Year-Old
Wouldn’t it be extraordinary if we could shield our children from the ugliness of the world, protect them from the real bad guys, drugs, poverty, racial insensitivity, discrimination and despair, but...
View ArticleConversations About Kindergarten
It’s already starting. I can physically feel him slowly pulling away from me, needing me less and less. I knew it would happen. Not at five, but eventually. Lucas, what are you looking forward to about...
View ArticleHeaven
Always when I’m most exacerbated, it’s 100 degrees outside and I’ve made three trips to and from the car with arms full of necessities, Lola is screaming in her car seat, my phone starts to buzz and we...
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Family Tree
Just like I knew they would, my eyes fill with tears as I tell Lucas the photos we are carefully pasting to the page are the last ones taken of my parents. It was my wedding day, seven years ago. I...
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Small Treasures
Lucas asked quietly and consciously to look through my jewelry box. I’ll never forget how surprised he was when I said yes. We sat on the floor of my closet and carefully went through each drawer and...
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20 Questions – Part 3
Lucas is the greatest big brother a girl could ask for, he’s smart, curious and is completely obsessed with Super Heroes, Lego and Star Wars at the moment and just started playing soccer. He’s also...
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Why Sending Thank You Cards Is So Important
Lucas and I were in the car discussing our weekend plans. We had swim lessons, a soccer game and two birthday parties to look forward to. Since starting kindergarten, he has been invited to 10 or more...
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A Visit To The Easter Bunny
When Lola and I picked Lucas up from school yesterday I asked him if he would have his picture taken with his sister and the Easter Bunny and very much to my surprise, he said he would! Proud of the...
View ArticleWhat My Six-Year-Old Knows About Me
I saw this questionnaire circulating around Mother’s Day and was curious how Lucas would respond so I had a third party ask him these questions about me. I love his answers! Especially #11. I can’t...
View ArticleFrozen: Six Options
My six-year-old son doesn’t remember hanging out with me for countless hours in our fertility doctor’s waiting room. Much more patient than I ever was, I might add. He doesn’t recall the separate, much...
View ArticleLucas To Luke?
My six year old asked me a question last night that all parents dread. “Mom, can I talk to you about something private?” My heart jumped up into my throat with those nine words. “I think I’d like to go...
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Warts & Body Image – NaBloPoBo
My son has warts. They are located in four of the nail beds of his fingers and other various places on his hands, sprinkled across the bridge of his nose, above his top lip and along one side of his...
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Home – NaBloPoMo
I have had 30 different homes. I’ve lived with my mom and dad, my sister, dogs, cats, fish, roommates that became friends, boyfriends that became husbands, husbands that became fathers and two adorable...
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For Now
The world is a scary place. And it is getting scarier everyday. Just this morning, The Los Angeles Unified School District shut all schools after receiving a “rare threat” from an overseas email...
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