Sweet Lil turns five today. I have no words to summarize my complex feelings about being her mother, nor reflections on her growing maturity and beauty. Where to turn, then, but to food? The setting: Mother and daughter are walking through an unfamiliar grocery store. Mother, reading list: spaghetti, Parmesan. Where’s the Parmesan? Daughter:...
Read more →It is now twenty days until my 30th birthday. The day after my 30 before 30 post, my next youngest sister (do you know I’m the oldest of four sisters?) knocked on the door, shoved a handful of pennies at me, and walked away. I later counted them; there were thirty. Nothing happened the...
Read more →Today marks exactly thirty days before my thirtieth birthday. I will not be one to hang on to age 29. I look forward to leaving behind my 20s, a decade of moving, changing and questioning. I love the grey hairs beginning to sprout on my head and hope for new wisdom and satisfaction in...
Read more →Today is Rachel’s birthday. It’s hard to believe she is almost thirty; time sure does fly. I hope she has a very happy birthday and is happy with the celebrations we have planned for her.
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