It’s time for a little Jacob update. Ethan has been the main subject of most of my emotions—and thus most of my writing—lately. In the meantime, Jacob is doing some pretty cool stuff. Unfortunately, I have not been taking pictures of it. Sorry. Use your imagination!   He’s in a stage where he’s trying to […]

Today’s post is a kind of inverted guest post, in which I’m linking to another blogger who wrote about something I wrote on her blog. It involves Ethan, a writing conference in 2010, a Google search, and a new book. Roxane told the story well and found more meaning in it that I was able […]

When Jacob graduated from the Tot Lot to the “big kid” playground four blocks down, I didn’t dread him using the tire swings, the balance beam, or the slide that’s taller than I am. In part, because I didn’t see some of these things existed. In larger part, because I had already located a more […]