I lifted you out of the baby car seat and held you on my lap in the padded wooden church pew. You were two months old—small enough to lay on your back with your head at my knees and your little feet resting on my stomach. You loved to stare up at the lights on […]
July 20, 2025
It’s sometime after midnight on your first night home, and I just realized why you keep acting hungry instead of settling back to sleep after nursing. You’re cluster feeding. We settle in on the couch in the stillness of the living room lamplight, where you can nurse and doze in my arms. After two nights […]
October 18, 2024
My son Walter is three and a half, and he has enjoyed taking pictures for a while. Maybe it will turn into an enduring interest, or maybe he just sees me with my DSLR and wants to do what Mom is doing. Either way, I plan to encourage his interest in photography as long as […]
