stories about family

When my dad passed away two months ago, there was no way I wasn’t writing and delivering his eulogy. But still, how was I going to actually do it? Truthfully, I had been writing it in my head for so long that it wasn’t that much of a struggle…

As you read this today, I will be getting ready to go to my dad’s funeral. I’ll be honest with you, it’s going to be one of the hardest days of my life. I’ve written a fair amount about my dad in various newsletters, and many of you know that he…

My five-year-old and I are both in the middle of emotional growth spurts. I think his was triggered by a combination of nervousness over starting kindergarten in a week, and getting hold of the iPad when we forgot to block You Tube and finding his way…

A few weeks ago, my daughter, Georgia, started crying from the basement playroom. My husband went down there, and found her pointing up at the windowsill, where a copper folk-art style cat was sitting. It had been sitting there since the day she was born…

I just keep thinking of one word: “release.” Release. It came to me again during a run this past Sunday. Five miles in and I’m thinking of all the ways in which release moves us forward. From the big, big to the small, small. And how there…