“If the time is supposed to fly by, why do the days drag?” Bob asked this question repeatedly when the girls were little. We got so annoyed when everyone would say “Oh! Take lots of pictures! The time goes by so fast!” It seemed our elders tirelessly admonished us for their parenting regrets. We were already […]
The Perseids
I was seventeen when I discovered the shooting stars. I was so enthralled that my best friends from high school, Jonathan and Louigi, fellow band geeks, came up to the farm. We spent an August night in our sleeping bags on the hillside behind the barn, watching the Perseids, trying to think of ways […]
Mothers’ Day
I’m not a fan of Mothers’ Day. I was seven months’ pregnant for Saoirse when I vowed to put a stop to the madness. I saw it all as a giant pyramid scheme, with the youngest, newest, most exhausted Mom in the family line at the highest point of suffering. Because, while it was a […]