Tag Archive: Birthday

Adolescence

Where have the last years gone? Wasn’t it just yesterday that I was sitting at my dining room table talking to a social worker about the safety features of my house? I know where it has gone. To therapy. And hospitals. And detention. It has gone to struggle and success and soccer. It has vanished…

Caterpillar birthday

As the wrappings and ribbons settle from her fabulous caterpillar birthday, I look at my daughter, sleeping on the couch, with WALL-E in one hand and EVA in the other, snuggled under her new caterpillar quilt. She is a beautiful sight. Just hours ago, she was excited to be wearing her “birthday dress” and eating…