Researcher Brené Brown posted on her social media recently: “Hit me with some situations that left you feeling bittersweet.”
The days leading up to Autumn’s birthday are always bittersweet for me.
Continue readingBittersweet Moments
Reflections and Memories
Time With My Rainbow Baby
All of my children started day care by the time they were a year old. I kept them home with nannies for those earliest months, but by the time they hit that “walking” age it became tricky to keep them away from me during the day while I worked – even with a nanny around.
Continue readingThis Isn’t How I Thought I Would Spend My Afternoons
I never had any aspirations to be a stay-at-home parent. I liked my job, and when I became pregnant with my oldest son, more than 10 years ago, it became a question of balancing time with him, against work, my marriage, and time to myself.
Continue readingTo Myself, 6 Weeks Ago
Today marks 6 weeks since our confinement at home started. Quentin refers to it as the “coronavirus conundrum.” I think he simply likes the combination of words, but the days feel like a constant pull of being grateful that we are safe and healthy, and increasingly going crazy by the relentless monotony of the days, with no break and little variation. Continue reading
One Hundred and a Letter
My grandmother turned 100 years old on Saturday, April 4th. Isn’t that incredible? The number of history-altering events that she has seen in her lifetime is staggering: the Great Depression, World War II and other U.S.-involved conflicts, assassinations of leaders, political elections and scandals, technological innovation. As the population of the world has grown, the distance between people has become less relevant with an increasing number of ways to keep connected. Continue reading
