Monthly Archives: October 2010

Our middle daughter got a letter from my father today.  This is pretty amazing, considering he’s been dead for ten years.  The letter was a copy of an email he wrote to her back in 1998 when she was four … Continue reading →

This week I attended my 75th parent teacher conference. You’d think I would’ve learned a thing or two by now, wouldn’t you?  You’d think I’d know how to make the most of my fifteen minutes with the person who spends … Continue reading →

When I brought our second child to the pediatrician for the first time that good doctor told me something I’ve never forgotten:  “If the world were full of second born children,” she explained, “it would be a healthier place.”  As … Continue reading →