Monthly Archives: April 2011

I’m watching my daughter play in the sandbox with five other children – a boy in a blue Matchbox car T-shirt and four girls, one of them wearing a pink taffeta tutu. They are taking turns racing each other around … Continue reading →

I have done a lot of difficult things. I gave birth without pain killers. I moved across country with my four year old, to a place where I knew virtually no one. I hiked Cadillac Mountain with a child strapped … Continue reading →

I just slept through Sharkboy and Lavagirl. I promised to watch this movie with my four-year-old daughter, Angie, who is obsessed with sharks. It’s our “quiet time” ritual: most afternoons we either read books or watch a movie together. Sometimes … Continue reading →