Every year since our sons were very young, our family has come to Florida for a week of visits with…
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Loss, and love
One after the other, my aunt’s husband of fifty-nine years and her three grown children spoke — about what they…
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Good-byes
The house is so quiet. I had planned to spend the afternoon putting Christmas decorations away, vacuuming the dog hair…
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A time for silence (and a tea recipe)
Before my son Henry flew back to Minnesota last week, I took him out shopping for vitamins. Last winter, temperatures…
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Halloween shopping
Every year since my younger son Jack was three or so, we have tried on Halloween masks together. It was…
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Pub date
Pub date for The Gift of an Ordinary Day came and went, the book’s arrival in stores eclipsed in our…
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