Dear Little One,   I have thought of beginning my motherly letters to you often over the five weeks that I’ve known you exist. I’m sorry to say it’s my own fear that has kept me from even considering what I would say to you. Having lost your brother Ethan just five months ago, I’m […]

For our family and for our more immediate circles of friends, Lent was a time of waiting. Waiting for acceptance letters, job offers, test results, moving dates, a new roommate. There has been a lot of “pray for us” and “we’re praying for you” circulating in these parts, which is good. I am reminded every […]

For a while now, I’ve had a love-hate relationship with Saturday mornings. They’re great because, with the exception of about half an hour Friday night, they’re the start of family time for the weekend. They’re tough because they’re when I need to transition from parent-in-charge to parent-who’s-part-of-a-team. The control freak in me has some trouble […]