Speaking Whistle
Toddlers to Teens April 9, 2018
I speak Whistle, he said over the phone, sounding smaller than I remembered before our separation. Say something in whistle,…
The Second Day of Kindergarten
Toddlers to Teens April 9, 2018
I am standing, face pressed to the fence, watching my daughter in the Kindergarten yard after morning drop-off. It is…
Ebb and Flow
Toddlers to Teens April 9, 2018
The summer I was 12, my parents put me on a train from Chicago to New York City. It was…
Blue Willow
Toddlers to Teens April 9, 2018
I place the child-sized Blue Willow tea set on a low shelf in the dining room because that’s what a…