Last year I told you all we were putting Bella in school, for the first time. She turned 8 that fall, was heading into second grade, and I really felt that she needed a different change of pace for that year. We’ve loved the school she’s at. It’s a private one that also offers a…
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Death Becomes Her
Last week I sat on my therapist’s couch, trying to explain how I felt lately. “It’s almost as if,” I paused thinking of how to word it. How did I feel? I raised my hands up to my throat without even knowing it. “As if I’m suffocating. It feels like death is everywhere I look,…
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Fostering Puppies and the Boy Who Lived
On December 23rd, we had a call from our local shelter about fostering a litter of puppies. I’d filled out their form a few weeks before sharing we were interested in fostering – really any breed or age but since we have cats and they are Evil (because cats) Possessive Anti another cat we decided…
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All Together Now
I’ve been reflecting lately on a feeling that has followed me around – a little ache, a little discontented, a searching for something that I can’t pinpoint. I feel the urge to do, go, change and yet none of that is a real – or permanent – possibility in this season of my life. Not…