Tag Archives: mother daughter
Both Sides of Perfection
I’m not so sure the universe is as mysterious as it is playful. It is Sunday night and finally, after hitting the ground running with Lizzie’s eighth grade graduation and then mazing through two days of tournaments and two graduation … Continue reading
Fourteen Years and I Love You
Aw, Lizzie Girl. Happy Birthday, my blue eyed girl. It is one in the morning and the house is just settling down. I wonder how you will remember your early teenage years and the energy of this house. I … Continue reading
Painted Black
“She’s growing straight lines Where once were flowers She is streamlined She is taking the shade down From the light” –Suzanne Vega, Straight Lines I have been lying in bed for two hours now, staring at the ceiling and deciding … Continue reading
Feeling My Way Through the Darkness
I started to get a cold last Wednesday night. I know exactly when it started because I was super weepy and tired after I dropped Elizabeth off for an 8pm volleyball practice and knew that I had to kill two … Continue reading
Thirteen, Hello Lady Friend
Dearest Elizabeth, It is the eve of your thirteenth birthday and it is nearly midnight. I meant to write to you much earlier tonight but have been swamped with your brothers . . . both needing desperate help with their … Continue reading
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