How strong is a mother’s love?
True story: my Mom came out of a coma to say goodbye to me. It was 1995. Fifteen years ago now, and it feels like 15 minutes. Six months earlier, Mom was diagnosed with a rare form of gynecological...
View ArticleLast day of school: Finding grace amidst chaos
My day started in a classically working-Mom kind of way: walking to the last day of school with a four year old in one hand, an 80-pound dog in the other, a cell phone, an epi-pen (G has severe...
View ArticleDear Dad…
The independence and security of which you speak? Sure you gave us those in spades You are the one who encouraged me From L.A. to NYC and all points in between Let’s set all that aside, for a moment,...
View ArticleDear grownups, please make less carbon
Yesterday, I watched IMAX Under the Sea on DVD with my son Griffin, who is turning five years old in two weeks, and it was a beautifully heartbreaking experience. The film documents the incredible...
View ArticleMissing the dog that broke my heart
Four years ago this week, I killed my dog to protect my son. It was the most brutal decision I have ever had to make, and I am still not sure it was the right one, though I shudder to think what...
View ArticleLess Wii. More wheeeeeeee! Better parenting in 2011
Parenting is hard (to any parent, I am stating the obvious). Much harder than most people imagine, before they are up to their eyeballs in it. With work, and exercise, and keeping a (reasonably) sane...
View ArticleIn memory of Grace: Mother’s Day, miscarriage and Misoprostol
WARNING: this post is not for the faint of heart. You should not read it if you are 1. a coworker who may already think I come on a little too strong or just doesn’t want to know a LOT about me...
View ArticleThe short, happy life of Fletcher Trouble McGonagall Moorhead
Well I resolved not to blog here until the new design is ready. But that’s taking longer than expected and sometimes, you gotta write when a wound is still raw. This is a story I was NOT expecting to...
View ArticleFaith, friends and a tweet saved Fletcher
There are days in life that shake you to your core and reaffirm your faith at the same time. Yesterday was one of those days. What started out as a hopeless, tear-filled day ended with tears of...
View ArticleOde to the juggling working mom
Illustration by Stu Nami To every Mom (or, yes, Dad) out there who has ever walked into an airport to leave on a business trip with a kid shrieking insanely in the car: I feel you. To every Mom who...
View ArticleReview: Legoland Discovery Center Chicago
This year, we decided to take a Spring Break staycation, after doing the Disney thing last year. We’d like to do Disney again but it just wasn’t in the cards this year…2015 hopefully! So we were...
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