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My grandmother died four years ago yesterday.  I think of her every year on November 1, but I also think of her at times when I'm somewhere that was familiar to her as well as at moments that often surprise me.  Lately I've been thinking about how my image of her has changed as I…

To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart.  ~Phyllis Theroux The other day I received a letter from a good friend.  I pulled the envelope out from my large stack of bills and catalogs, and immediately found myself doing a mental scan.  Did she owe me…

I love this poem.  A friend shared it at JV soccer practice during my sophomore year of boarding school.  I've kept it tucked away for years and recently came across it. The corners of the paper are worn soft, no longer ninety-degree angles.  I read it when my heart was broken, when I broke someone's…

Hadley,  One week old, October 2006.  “You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around – and why his parents will always wave back.” - William D. Tammeus  All week, friends have been asking me in hushed tones how I am…

"Remember in the end, it's with YOU you have to live."  -Unknown My summer reading list has included two great parenting books.  The first is called "SCREAM FREE PARENTING", and the second is called "HOW TO TALK SO KIDS WILL LISTEN AND LISTEN SO KIDS WILL TALK".  I've read about a dozen parenting books…