Belated as always. 🙂 Dear A, This year has had your mama stretched across the spectrum of human emotions watching you navigate life. You were the one who taught me a heart expands infinitely. You have bloomed this year. You always managed to wind around and up in life, but during this season of being… Continue reading Sunshine
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Mirror
Every year, although sometimes belated, I sit down and write a love letter to my daughters for their birthday. This year I have started and stopped on these teens' letters so many times. Teens are hard to capture. They change-- their looks, their problems, their habits, their friends, their interests, their challenges, their moods-- in… Continue reading Mirror
One word.
"Good." In October, H had her 13th birthday. It's official: we now share a teenager. I have been coming here trying to write her a letter and the thing that breaks my heart is that: I don't know her enough these days to capture the bitter sweetest of her life like living with her siblings.… Continue reading One word.
Love, Mom 