It’s 2 AM and you awake folded like origami around your feverish toddler with a sandpaper tongue from singing his … More
Tag: love
Love the Man, Hate the Cheese
When I started dating Pierre in Minnesota, we would occasionally go to a fancy French cheese counter. He bought gooey … More
Jet-lagged Little Ones
Ever wonder what flying and jetlag do to the little ones? How do Mommy and Daddy cope? Basically, it takes … More
My Son’s Birth
And in a way, birth is preparing us for life itself. Both are agonizing, messy, humiliating but beautiful.
Still Haunted by Family Separation
The absence of a parent is unfathomable for a young child. This summer, I went home to visit my … More
Dear Baby Poem
Dear Baby, You fought the universe to come to us Arriving like a canon ball Our embrace absorbing the shock … More
Dear Husband, I Love you in German
Lieber Husband, I want to tell you how much I love you . . . in German. ich … More
Diva Dad Overdoes it at Church Pancake Breakfast, Again
-Bob’s son in a pink apron! -Was it the Men’s Fellowship Group’s way of revenging Bob the pancake … More
