A Tea-Tray in the Sky

You know the hard part about disappearing for months? When you finally reemerge from the abyss you have a million things to talk about, but ...

"I have a joke Mama. Wanna hear it?" Alice asked lying next to me in bed. "Tell it fast, it's time to sleep," I to...

You guys, you know what today is? Wednesday, right. But not just any Wednesday. Last lunch bunch of the school year Wednesday. Sob...sob.....

In case you were sitting there thinking, "I wonder how dear, sweet, artistic Alice has been lately?" So now you wanna see he...

During my time of avoidance we celebrated my mother's birthday. I was dreading it. I love my mother more than I ever knew and I hat...

Can I share with you my most hated aspect of parenting? The clothes. The endless buying and washing and outgrowing and changing seasons, ove...

Up until this moment, there has been an aspect of my life with Alice I have intentionally left out. This little space in the sky was meant t...

It's finally happened. I've given in. You can't see it because, well you're there and I'm here, but I'm waving the w...

Dear Mother Nature, I am writing to you today with a request, a favor if you will. You have been such a kind mother the past few months, i...

"Mama? Which friends did I take to school yesterday?" Alice asked me as we were preparing to leave for school. "I don't...

Passion: A strong and barely controllable emotion. Alice hit me today. She was mad at her swim teacher, so she hit me. That's logical,...

I don't talk much about my pets. Which, in and of itself, is horrible. Before Alice, they were my children. Now they are the reason I va...

You know the saying, "time heals all wounds." Maybe you've even said it yourself in an attempt to comfort someone. I am here t...

Still sleepy, I felt her stirring next to me in bed. I knew it was only a matter of moments, with the first glimmer of the sun peeking aroun...

Ever have one of those moments when you laugh out of fear of another even bigger emotion settling in? Yeah, that's been my day. Except ...

"When I grow up and get big, I don't wanna be a mama," she told me. "That's fine. You don't have to be a mama....

Thanksgiving came and went. We survived. I mean, really, it's a fairly painless holiday. You eat and drink and eat and watch football an...

I am too tired to write. I know I said I wasn't going to give any more excuses for not writing , but I swear, this time it's differe...

I'll be the first to admit, I'm bitter. I don't get sick days. If I'm feeling yucky, I grin and bear it with less emphasis o...

Dearest Nelly, I'm not sure how to begin, the nicest way to tell you this. So I'll come right out...you have to write more. You have...