She stands on tiptoes, watching and waiting. When at last it is time, she turns to wave to me and walks forward, depositing her golden token. She bounces up the […]
Gollum and Long Division
If you have a train going 40 miles per hour, traveling from New York to Chicago, and another train going 45 miles per hour traveling from Chicago to New York, […]
Our Little Loves and the Loves of Our Littles
When I was a child, I had a doll named Elena who lived in the space beneath a white plastic lawn chair. Every day when I came home from school, […]
My Tree and My Kids: Journaling to Capture the Wonder and Growth of Both
My Tree Journal There are five specific trees on our land–an oak, a rosebud, a crab apple, a silver maple, and a towering cottonwood–that have been singled out. Each of […]
Gradual Emancipation: A Parent’s Sacrifice
From the moments they begin to crawl and take their first steps, they are inching into a broader world. The first time they take the spoon and go after the […]
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