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Ryley is enthralled with R2-D2. He draws pictures of R2, dreams about R2, and wanted to spend money from his recent birthday on anything R2 splattered. Luke Skywalker? Darth Vader? Who are they? To Ryley, “Star Wars” is R2-D2’s story, slam that book shut.

Last night Ryley and I were sitting on the couch. I […]

An open letter to a rodent

Dear Groundhog,

I think you made a grave mistake.

The blackish form you noticed on the ground this morning was not your shadow. Someone must have spilled something—a too-early celebratory beer? Bad Starbucks spewed in disgust, or a Diet Pepsi ejected from the nose because someone told the perfect groundhog joke?

Or perhaps your eyes, […]

Weaving bulrushes

…float her basket over the sea here on a barren shore we’ll be waiting for a tailwind to bring us your sweet cry don’t you worry, child I’m gonna sing you a lullaby…*

One of my husband’s favorite songs is “The Orphan” by the Newsboys. He wrote about it several months ago […]