The First Hour (and a Half)

Mornings with our toddler and baby are so full of highs and lows that it feels like we are all … More

Language Learning Whirlpool

I have been living in Germany for eight years now with my French husband. We have a three-year-old and an … More

I loathe my husband’s business trips. He travels about once a month and has done so for the past eight … More

When I started dating Pierre in Minnesota, we would occasionally go to a fancy French cheese counter. He bought gooey … More

Ever wonder what flying and jetlag do to the little ones? How do Mommy and Daddy cope? Basically, it takes … More

And in a way, birth is preparing us for life itself. Both are agonizing, messy, humiliating but beautiful.

The absence of a parent is unfathomable for a young child. This summer, I went home to visit my … More

Banjo died on Monday June 11th at 7:45 PM after gifting 10 wonderful years of his life to the world. … More

Alarms sound in my head. “Warning! Warning! Two year-old meltdown eminent. Alert! Alert! Baby has surpassed the scheduled feeding time!” … More

Ich heiße Banjo. Ich wurde adoptiert und kastriert. Nicht in dieser Reihenfolge. Ich habe ein weises Pfötchen und drei schwarze … More

Lieber Husband, I want to tell you how much I love you . . . in German. ich … More

After paying 340 Euros, After watching a video informing me that as of 1965, I no longer needed my husband’s … More