Halloween shopping
Every year since my younger son Jack was three or so, we have tried on Halloween masks together. It was always Jack’s holiday, the plans for some elaborate costume taking shape weeks in advance, the...
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My baby turned seventeen yesterday. Of course, he hasn’t been a baby for a very long time, and yet, because he is my youngest, I can’t help but think of him that way. Even now. Even though he is...
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Every year since our sons were very young, our family has come to Florida for a week of visits with the grandparents and a welcome respite from the back side of winter. Yesterday morning, we stepped...
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Present Moment
They are home at last, both sons. And I’m perched here at the kitchen table, for about two brief minutes before the potatoes boil (three men in the house–grilled steaks and mashed potatoes for...
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They grow up. They leave home. And then, of course, they come back. They return bearing bags of dirty laundry, stray socks, T-shirts you’ve never seen before, strange cords for charging various...
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Summer memories
When our sons were young we had a tradition of spending a week each summer on Monhegan Island, eleven miles off the coast of Maine. For quite a few years we managed to get there right after school let...
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