Twenty four hours after pushing and groaning my way through her birth, I clicked the silver snaps on the…
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School Days
Transitioning Well with the Change of Seasons
I woke with a start at 4am this morning. The coming week is pregnant with change, and by four in…
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When You Don’t Want Summer to End: A Serenade for the Seasons
Come mid-August, I’m ready for the return of structured days. I’m ready for yellow buses and quiet hours and watching…
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On Letting Go
I watered the flowers in the dark last night, by the light of the waxing gibbous moon. I shivered in…
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Snapshots of a Snow Day
I can hear the two youngest through the ice-cold window panes. They shout something or other into the muffle of…
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Adults behaving badly
When we moved to Switzerland four years ago, my kids hadn’t reached the point where sports were an ordinary part…
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