Although dishes from lunch are still in the sink, I can’t ignore the afternoon sun warming the living room couch – the invitation to…

It was October. All bags, booster seats, backpacks, and porta-cribs were perfectly stowed in the back of the car. We were just about to…

It was my first run into the desert since the boys were born. My worn-out Asics wobbled over the wash-board road. Heart and lungs…

What do you do when you’re in between flu symptoms – one child finally munching saltines while you wait for the next to cry…

Toys from Christmas morning are still strewn about the living room. Matchbox cars, Tonka trucks, new puzzles, new books. The tree is half-decorated (on…

“What if on Christmas Eve people came and sat in the dim pews, and someone stood up and said, ‘Something happened here while we…

The sights, the sounds, the smells.

I’ve been trying all month to take them in. To enjoy the beauty, the sparkle, the magic of the…

It’s been three months since the boys started walking.

When our girls teetered on the edge of ambulation, a few people I didn’t know (and…