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…
Role Play
General/Column June 29, 2020
I sit in the audience and watch my daughter role-play. She plays the mother: Are you okay? she asks the woman…
The Cartwheel Dance
General/Column June 29, 2020
I had no idea if four-year-olds could do cartwheels, but my daughter, Nina, had been working on it all morning…
Wendy and Her Shadow
In Mother Words Blog May 8, 2020
My shadow has a mind of her own. She’s small—only waist-high. And quite noisy for a shadow. My shadow has…