Parenting and Family

Flying Lessons

By on May 22, 2015   /   Inspiration, Parenting and Family  
Flying Lessons

Something dreadful happened this week. Dreadful-awful. A beautiful, beloved family friend suddenly passed. She was just 22, my son’s best friend. They shared creative, brilliant joy and sadness, and, like all dear friends, the understanding and acceptance that no matter what the world may see, each was imperfect. And that it was all right. And their laughter was a secret handshake that said it’s okay to be impeccably myself with you, and goofy-silly, and even if you piss me off […]

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My Top Three Domestic Snake Encounters

By on April 17, 2014   /   Parenting and Family  
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My Top Three Domestic Snake Encounters

I am not afraid of snakes. Mostly. It may be due to the parenting era which I’ll call the “Time of the Lizard” when the menagerie in my home was pushed into a population crisis by nine geckos and a chameleon. Reptiles are beautiful, interesting and – I found – super compelling to watch. Nevertheless, my mostly brave snake interest is still sometimes accompanied by a chill spreading down the back of my neck, hidden though it might be by […]

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