I am a writer; a blogger. I write on this site, I am writing a book, I write notes in my kids' lunch boxes each day. Sometimes, my posts are long with lessons; sometimes they are my way of chronicling life in the moment; sometimes my posts are photos and other times they are haikus. Today my post ...
"Tonight I can write the saddest lines. Write, for example,'The night is shattered and the blue stars shiver in the distance.' The night wind revolves in the sky and sings. Tonight I can write the saddest lines. I loved her..." -Pablo Neruda *** Tomorrow, it will be one week. One week since I got a call from a ...
Dear Son, In thinking of this post I will be honest in that I couldn't shake the feeling that I had written you a letter like this before on this very site. That there was another post called "Dear Son" and my search just now confirmed my suspicions; almost two years ago I wrote you a ...
Well, I have to come clean. I have been keeping a secret from you, holding it close to the vest and close to my heart. But now I can share some big news! It's time for a new Edition to my world... I am writing a book! More than that---I have a book deal! Thanks to my amazing literary agent, Renée ...
If you follow me on any form of social media, or if you happened to have opened to the front page of Saturday's Business section of the The New York Times, or if you've talked to my parents or Pop Pop in the past few days, you will know that I had quite the exciting experience last week, ...
Some stories are long. They make for long posts. Some stories feel long. And they are so exhausting that they make for short posts. This one is the latter. *** I have written so much about Valentine's Day over the years; I have written about love and gratitude; I have told stories of our past; Last year's post was particularly fun (and reminds me ...
Originally published on August 12, 2014 *** I still remember the day in the fall of 2011. "YOU haven't seen Dead Poet's Society? YOU? It's like made for you!" My friend said to me as we watched our girls toddle around my living room. "It's all about poetry and literature and living deliberately. You must see it." You see, I ...
Last month, I had the honor of being the guest featured on an episode of the television program Main Line Connect. I was interviewed by the show's fabulous host, Jennifer Lynn Robinson, about... YOU! For real! Well, really, the show was about this blog, and the evolution of Mommy, Ever After from "baby book" to business. My main point ...
Editor's Note: You may notice that things look a bit different around here in these parts. Do you see that new category up there, all bright and shiny (and real and raw)? That, my friends, is our new space, Together, Ever After. Each Monday, I will be featuring someone else's story--your story--our story. So, as I have said before, send ...
You guys. You guys! You rock! Thank you, my sweet friends, old and new (and those old friends whom I just happened to have met recently). After this epic, unexpected surge of awesomeness from last week, I have received the most incredible emails. Stories. Hearts, open, poured out onto the page (or screen, as it were). And so, ...
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