On the morning that I begin again on my quest to develop my writing, what should appear in my mailbox but the most beautiful literary journal of all time? I subscribe to many writing magazines and poe...
This is the mural my six-year old and I just painted over the weekend!...
Instead of the proverbial skeleton in the closet – the kind of secret that is dangerous – Ben just has an actual skeleton (or parts of one) hanging around in his closet. He’s hoping ...
This is a new phase for us – where Benny does art to explain himself when he’s in trouble for something, or when he needs a reminder of the rules – if he does an art piece, it seems...
I was a dark storm cloud of a miserable mom yesterday afternoon. My little artist son has an artist’s temperment, as do I, and sometimes those strong wills, and fierce emotions, and melodrama co...
My husband came to me this morning with a gentle request. He approached me with such care and quietness. It is so sweet that when he wants to direct me towards a correction or point out something that...
Every morning for the last year, Benjamin has asked for “Warm, Warm, Chocolate Milk, not hot, Warm.” He is very specific about what he wants. And every time I hand him a sippy cup with mil...
“I love you as big as a house,” we say. He loves us “as big as a building that Spiderman would stand on top of and swing from rope to rope to rope,” and he’s off – demonstrating the rope swing across ...
