My children are funhouse mirror versions of one another. Same, but different. But same enough to make the differences seem distorted and unexpected. From four months old, both girls have sucked…
Tag: <span>family</span>
Pittsburgh at end of summer | Carnegie Museum of Art | Carnegie Museum of Natural History | Troy Hill Splash Park Kids’ hands cycled through my own like an animated…
It’s something you just gotta do, kid. One foot has to be placed in front of another, up the bus steps, and back down into that brand new school building…
It’s okay if dinner ends up as a pile of foamy vomit on a straw-strewn floor. It’s okay if you gnaw on a haunch of chicken while sitting in wet underwear.…
The screen door smacks. Feet thunder down stairs. Voices filter through the kitchen window, voices lifted over an open bottle of wine, a cheese platter, sliced peaches, seven shared decades of…
Trader Joes has my number on many things, but most recently, an evil temptress of a friend introduced me to Dark Chocolate Covered Marshmallows. I’m okay at exorcising the sugar demon of…