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Hey old friend, I’ve never been good at goodbye. But time has a way of forcing these things, and even as I tap the keys, the clock on your wall ticks a steady march toward the inevitable. The moving truck comes tomorrow. Right now, I find myself back in the place where we first got to know each other: the nursery. […]
The last time I laced up my Asics for a run, the maples were undressing, dropping leafy garments on the ground. I stepped out onto our country lane, and jogged past gilded fields where combines would soon cut swaths through grain. I felt the pain stab through my heel, intensifying with each foot-fall. I had to stop. I retraced my steps up […]
There’s no mistaking this ache. It’s the longing of a mother. It’s the dull ache of empty arms. He has been a stranger, this son with a name: Claudel. I keep a two-inch-tall photo of him on my desk. I already knew this much of him, but this was all I knew: He is part […]
Well, that was easy. I’ve already accomplished my New Year’s resolution. A week ago, I declared that 2011 would be the Year of Imperfect. And I testified that I would wear that badge boldly. And I wouldn’t stress out too much if I did less-than-the-unattainable-best, and I would maybe even laugh at myself a little […]
I once knew a young woman who didn’t know for several months that she was pregnant — or maybe she was just ignoring the obvious. I feel the same way about my world. Are we pregnant but unaware? It is Advent, and the whole cosmos is expecting. But am I paying attention to the glaringly […]