FAMILY

Olive, age 2

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I must ask this question a dozen times daily, and here’s the snapshots to show why. Why silence is not necessarily a good thing in...

California | celebrating 11 years later

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THE BEST OF IT by Kay Ryan However carved up or pared down we get, we keep on making the best of it as though...

{this moment}: into the woods

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{this moment}: first state of the union address

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{this moment}: A Friday ritual. A single photo capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause,...

a colorful commendation

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Dear Blythe and Olive: As your crayons, markers, and paints, we wanted to commend you for the passionate and endless ways you have used us....

{this moment}: Olive’s first haircut

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  {this moment}: A Friday ritual. A single photo capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to...

the holidays, part two

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Mark’s never been much of a dancer. He attributes it to a “lack of rhythm,” that thing that allows most people to clap and sing...

{this moment}: an evening game of chess

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{this moment}: A Friday ritual. A single photo capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause,...

our holidays, part 1

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Mark’s dad and step-mom gifted us with a week at a lakeside condo in East Texas with an indoor waterpark.  Winter coats? Check. Warm clothing and...

loving: hard & free

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Toss it up to my naiveté or young idealism that this never dawned on me before having children, but let me just say, parenting is HARD....