Step aside, mama

The doors opened and the processional music began.   I turned to look, but for a quick second, I was mentally transported to a time 22 years in the past. I was remembering when my oldest daughter was learning to walk.  Like most parents in those early days, one of us would help her up and get […]

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The Crumbs We Leave Behind

One thing you don’t know about my people is that the women in my family tend to go through periods of hyperfixation– Avery can get into a lunch fixation that will last for weeks. Her college roommates once said…”It’s time for the broccoli for lunch fixation to be over.” Something about the smell of the […]

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