When my oldest daughter started High School I knew it was a big deal. And I knew what was coming; a deluge of all the emotions that frequently flood the landscape of motherhood; excitement, melancholy, pride, joy, satisfaction and of course, that heavy cloud of...
And so it begins. The first day of High School. As you can see, she's not nearly as emotional about it as I am. It doesn't happen very often, but I'm speechless. What beginnings are you starting these days? ...
My guess is that I'll find the words soon enough. That I'll sit down at my keyboard the day I drop my daughter off for her first day of high school and my heart will pour out. It happened on the first day of Kindergarten,...
circa summer 2006 Working on my new book has found me digging through the archives of my life. My photos, my journals, my blog, my motherhood story. It's a blessing to go back now. To have a reason to reread chapters from the beginning of my life as a...
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On Thursday we took a summer break and went on a little adventure. An early evening at the LA Zoo was a welcome respite from hanging around the house. Of course, my Week in the Life lens went with us. Have you focused on anything out of the ordinary...
In handing my 13-year-old daughter my new iphone and teaching her the basics of Hipstamatic, I was evoking magic. With her creative flair and a brand new muse, I knew she'd manage create something wonderful and have a blast doing it. That's the way it goes with...
Someone recently commented in passing that they were curious about my husband. She mentioned that although she had become acquainted with my daughters through my blog that she had never seen a photo of my husband. She's right. I don't post much about him. You know,...
Among a number of other milestones that have taken place around here lately, my daughter promoted from Middle School to High School today. My husband captured this moment of us after the ceremony. It's one of *those* pictures that speaks a thousand words. I have so much...
For the past week, blog post after blog post has been written in my mind. I've been up and down, round and round over and over again. Good days and bad days. Excitement and energy and exasperation and exhaustion. I said it on facebook the...