I Write. You Read.

As the piles of small spiral notebooks filled with scribbles scattered around the house will confirm, our little boy loves to draw. Or write. Or whatever he thinks it is. The point is that his favorite activity is to make his mark in colored wax whenever he gets the chance. For all we could tell, [...]

Normally, when I get a call from home that begins with “Simon almost made me cry…,” I expect the worst. 99% of the time Simon is a really good kid; we can’t really complain. But that other 1% is enough to push us to the edge, and it can be especially hard on his mom, [...]

Yes, I know. More than a year without a single update. If I were in the military, I should think I’d be court martialed for abandoning my post. Thankfully, I’m not, so the worst I can suffer is the shame of failing to deliver on the implicit promise that I would keep the internets informed [...]