I will not ruin the spell cast by this quote by even pretending I could editorialize in some way to make it breathe more sincerely, beguilingly, or convincingly. This quote…
Tag: <span>love</span>
Smooky books, smooky stories, smooky movies. That’s Little Friend’s current request: things that spook (or smook), scare, and go bump in the night. This same little girl who feels it…
I’ve fallen in love–the drunken stumble, tripping, head-over-heels, topsy-turvy sort of fall–with both my babes somewhere between their third and fourth months on this earth. I fall in love hard–a…
One day you meet Mr. Wonderful. He may be scowling as he brushes past you on his way out of the college cafeteria, but your heart pitter patters with some…
Dear Little Friend and Little One, I imagine your great-great-grandmother Ruth slumped on the farmhouse steps, eyes unfocused on the Illinois dirt of the yard before her, a bowl of…
“What? Say it louder!” Her voice hurtles down from her upstairs bedroom door. It seeks me out on the couch where I’ve collapsed with the energy gas tank blinking empty.…