Today feels, for once, what it always has been: the first day of the rest of my life.
Today I squeezed the hands of my second grader and kindergartener as we walked to the big brick school. I calmed their last fears about snack times and bathroom locations, I left them standing silent, eyes soaking in [...]
Archive for category Family fun
Boiling Water
Sep 1
Back by popular demand, here’s a blog written back in 2008 while in South Africa, about children soaking up a different perspective on the world’s resources:
Today Phoebe spoke five miraculous words: “I really like this spinach.”
In that moment I believed my husband was the greatest chef who ever lived.
Or just that Phoebe is learning that [...]
We’re working on a new book together about living life to the fullest, and I couldn’t help thinking, if the book were a movie, this would be the trailer for it. View it here.
