Eating Elephants

Today as Glenn removed the last of our furnishings from the rail car in Port Royal, that despite its immobility, carried the weight of our e...

Typically, I remain relatively quiet about politics, and even now as I type these words, I question their purpose. Our society has been inef...

 Dear Esperanza Grace,  On the eve of your second birthday, the sisters of Joy and Grief once more hold hands. Grief reminds me that the san...

I lost count of the pregnancy tests when the count exceeded my age... that was around the time that the anxious anticipation which buoyed my...

The first time I heard you coo, I was sitting at the counter in my mama's kitchen. Your grandfather sent a video of your first feeding. ...

Apparently I am a hoarder of gift wrap. I am convinced that everyone has a bag filled with gift bags and wrapping paper, but as I bravely ve...

  4AM She is sleeping so sweetly in the crib beside me with her hands forever folded beside her cheek.  These are my hours. Before the sun s...