While My Daughter Canoes With Her Dad and I’m on Shore
Taking Flight August 24, 2020
The day our 30-something daughter tells us thatshe can’t think of enough good reasons to choosemotherhood, I don’t draw her attention…
After a Week on Her Turf
Taking Flight August 24, 2020
If you have to leave your daughterin her adopted town2000 miles or more from the citywhere you live, and this…
Exfoliation
Taking Flight August 24, 2020
I have been learning the differencebetween sorrow and despair,discussing subtleties with my dog.She’ll be beside me today,Mother’s Day, for a fourth…
Someday You’ll Love Yourself
Taking Flight August 24, 2020
—after Ocean Vuong Maybe it will happen during a pandemicwhen, resources exhausted,you lock yourself in the bathroomas your children squall….