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Batman
Inside a superhero's laundry basket A couple of months ago at breakfast, Oliver asked me for a Batman story. I almost spit out my coffee. “Batman?” I asked. “How do you know Batman?” “Daddy told me a...
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Letting Go
Ready for the party Gus had a milestone this week. Or maybe we both did. In a matter of days, he became officially weaned. Officially no longer a baby. Okay, I can guess what you are thinking right...
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Good
Eat a good breakfast A few months ago I went to a book group at a yoga studio in Georgetown. The group was going to discuss Momma Zen, by Karen Maezen Miller. Finally, I thought, when I first saw the...
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Still
A rare moment of stillness. Scott and the boys were in the back of the house when I came home, in a funny little room where we stuck the TV. “Mommy, Mommy!” they called. “We’re watching the Tour de...
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Transition
First Day of School In my world, I’m standing just inside the door. In my world, I’m speaking, to the ocean’s roar. Jackson Browne, “Time the Conqueror.” The beginning of September has flattened me....
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Moving
The student asks the master: “What work will I do as I seek enlightenment?” The master replies “Chop wood, carry water.” “And what work will I do once I achieve enlightenment?” asks the student. “Chop...
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Freedom
Jacksonville’s Hopeless Streetlight “Sometimes life hands us gift-wrapped shit. And we’re like, “This isn’t a gift, it’s shit. Screw you.” – Augusten Burroughs “Well Jacksonville’s a city with a...
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Choice
“Apprentice yourself to yourself, welcome back all you sent away.” – David Whyte I am approaching this space with chagrin, a sense of hands wringing in the space at my center. In August, I vowed I...
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Unraveling
If I were out at sea, I’d want to know someone was waiting for me, wouldn’t you? – from “Seating Arrangements” by Maggie Shipstead When I first read The Odyssey, in ninth grade, I thought that...
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One
Don’t let fatigue make a coward out of you – Steve Prefontaine It’s been over a month since Scott left for Bahrain and June has been like most other Junes. And it’s been like nothing else I have ever...
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