“Do not stand at my grave and weep; I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning’s hush I am the swift uplifting …

Jennifer, Melissa, Jessica, and Amy — these were the most popular girls names the year that I was born. My parents had a short list that included Heather, Holly, Fern, and Laurel, but on a Tuesday in September, 1978, Hilary was inked onto my birth certificate. Hilary, with one L. As a kid, I never …

I don’t even know if I remember how to do this. It’s been months since I’ve written anything. More specifically, it’s been 5 months and 12 days. Not that I’m counting, of course. 5 months and 12 days. When I’ve made the time to write, I haven’t had anything to say. When I get an …

  09/08/07 3:27 am 7 lbs. I know you thought that this was THE year.  The year when you put on the dress and it fit exactly how it was supposed to.  Your disappointment was a high as my relief (sorry, kiddo).   Every time you put it on, every time you see that it isn’t …

In August of 2006, M was turning a year old.  During her first year, I turned to a number of resources to help me navigate the first year of parenthood: family, friends, books, magazines — I was all over it, making sure that she was hitting her milestones, that she was eating from all of …

This summer has been a finger snap.  We’ll no doubt be heading into the final third of the summer like we’re being chased by responsibilities and realities of the fall — full throttle, trying to get in as much of everything and nothing as the daylight hours allow. The girls have been at camp for …

It’s been a while, I know.  That last post about periods really took it out of me. Now, though, we are fully immersed in summer.  Like, flying leap off the sun baked pool deck into the deep end while the lifeguard and your mother simultaneously yell “No running!” but it’s too late because you’ve tucked …

I’m just going to come out and say it. I’m going to talk about periods. I’ll understand if you want to stop reading right now. . . . Still here? Fabulous! It’s challenging to parent a child who is mature beyond their years. Sometimes you can lose sight of the fact that despite how they …