We’ve been having some interesting conversations lately—my husband and I. Not, as far as I can tell, related to quarantine. (Oh, there...

I now understand why the law could never save us. I was convinced before, but now I’ve got proof. Evidence in the form of yesterday’s...

Honestly. I’ve wondered a hundred times if it was selfish of us. If it was terrible timing. Selling their childhood home right out from...

Going on four weeks ago I ended up in the Cambridge ER with a broken wrist. Over the course of the next 2 1/2 weeks I was back in that...

My in-laws are saints. If you could see their garage you’d know what I mean. Well, actually, if you saw their garage you’d wonder what...

I used to do a lot of journaling. Handwritten reflections in neat little notebooks, stacked in rows on a library shelf. But not so much...

I’ve been wearing this necklace, a birthday gift from Luke and Ali. My son told me how at first he’d resisted. Mom’s not really into...

My mom tap-danced for us this Christmas. It was the sweetest surprise. And totally unexpected. We wondered what was up. Gifts being...

Five years ago Kyle and I spent our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary in Chicago. We chose our destination because it was the location of...

There were twenty-four of us, minus Maisy, who was taking a nap. Pop and Grammy, Aunts and Uncles, a host of cousins and significant...

Several things have happened lately that at first blush sound mostly like bad news, but when added up, I think might be headed toward a...

“You are not one flesh with him.” These words, clear as a bell, rang in my morning thoughts. And I knew. Exactly. What this was about. A...

We are living in a townhouse with my husband’s parents. My in-laws. A year, maybe more, until our own house is finished. Listening to a...

She was a dentist in Mexico. A beautiful, spunky, professional woman. But she lived afraid. She said this repeatedly in her story. How...

I told a story in my last post about overcoming fear. But it was only part of the story. The rest of the story I’ve found myself...

This is my last Boy Mom post. Five years I’ve been telling these stories. Stories of adoption, faith and family. Stories of five boys,...

The dragonflies were out yesterday afternoon when we returned from the airport. Somehow this seemed symbolic. My boys taking flight all...

Dear Jimmy, You are amazing. An Anomaly. Dad said so just the other day, talking to someone at a wedding. Four and a half years you’ve...

How are you doing with all of this? Everyone asks and I hardly know what to say. I’m not sure, to be honest. Years ago, when the boys...

A few nights ago Kyle and I watched the movie Instant Family. It was Felipe’s idea. He’d watched it in the theater with Marcella, and...