Don’t forget, we’re all counting on you.
May
14
🛰️ You Don’t Need Any Toys.
“I don’t even know why I even buy you any toys, you don’t need ’em,” my dad said, watching me turn a coaster into a spaceship, fly…
Parenthood and Family
Jan
29
Bootleg Golden Books, My Small PEZ Addiction & A Tiny Rant About AI “Art.”
These are my daughter’s bath toys. Their names, according to her, from left to right: Bacca, Yanta, Baba, Papa, Dadaluaaa, Buddy.
I had posted this picture on my…
Dec
07
Two Davids & My Dad’s Bootleg VHS Collection
I’m working on an essay that is a bit of a love letter to a friend-of-a-friend and my firstborn at the same time. I know all the things…
Jul
21
Strawberries Only
🍓 This is the summer where I don’t want to do anything but watch these two pick strawberries in the front yard.
I haven't been writing like…
Apr
17
Easter Morning 2022
🐇 Easter morning, 2022.
This is my bunny, my little bear.
How can someone change so much in under a year but always be the same?
It’s been an…
Dec
31
What we gained.
🐣 2021, to me, will be always be marked by what we gained.…
Dec
05
Christmas, on repeat.
❄️ Not sure anyone cares about my favorite Christmas song, except maybe my family because I keep it on repeat, and repeat “I love this song so much,” endlessly—but…
Nov
30
This is a gift for you.
👩🏻🎨 It’s book release day for this one, and it is impossible to overstate how proud I am of her.
“This is a Gift for You,” is the best…
Nov
12
One Year Ago
🌲 This was us, just a year ago.
I’ve been writing this post in my head for weeks now, never quite coming up with the right words. All the…
Nov
06
Trying Hard
🍼 With a babe in arms, it is no wonder I've been thinking a lot about parenting and my place in the world.
It's a surreal…