For almost all of my life—like up until a month ago—there were exactly two ways normal, well-adjusted people ingested pumpkin: pumpkin pie and roasted/seasoned pumpkin seeds. I like the latter. I can get through half a piece of the former in polite company, but would never choose it. Now there is pumpkin beer, and pumpkin … Read more
Aaron: “I’m gonna miss you, Mommy.” Lea: “I’m going to miss you too.” Aaron: “No, I mean I’m really gonna miss you.” – exchange on the couch Tuesday night The boys have been away from Lea for two nights before—fairly recently, actually—but best we can remember, this is the first time she’s been the absent … Read more
One of the most glorious naïvetés of my adulthood was how I thought—hoped—Generation X would approach divorce. Our parents were the first generation who divorced without significant social stigma, so they did it a lot. We, their children, got a good, solid look at more broken homes and stepfamilies than anyone previously had. I thought … Read more