My husband and I sat in the courtroom today while my daughter was sentenced. I feel relieved that the 3 months of waiting is over (from arrest to sentencing). I feel like crying except I am on a plane right now. I feel like throwing up. I also feel that the judge was fair […]
My siblings, their spouses and kids came in from various locations around the country and gathered in my hometown over Memorial Day weekend. The reason for our reunion was to conduct a family graveside service for our Mom and inter her ashes with our Dad who passed away a decade ago.
We all wanted to […]
Too often these last few weeks, my thoughts have meandered away from the task at hand and flitted towards wondering how long it will take the authorities to find my errant daughter. Last Friday though, my first thought as I woke was of my son; my eldest child. On that day 28 years ago, […]
I have thought that I would have a pretty good idea of the kinds of trouble my daughter has likely to have gotten into in the 2 years since she left our state. I have recently been brought “up to speed” by someone who has known her for much of that time. She […]
Last month, in mid-January, my daughter delivered a third baby girl out of wedlock. I got to hold this new baby two days after she was born and despite the circumstances, fell head over heels in love with her.
The couple that adopted my daughter’s second baby is adopting this new baby however because […]
Tomorrow, the day after Labor Day, may be a day my daughter remembers forever as the day her life painfully, irretrievably altered. Or not. My daughter has a court date tomorrow. As this is her third court case, I expect that the consequences this time could be severe. On the other hand, she has […]
The photo above, taken by Children’s photographer Anna Bricova, beautifully captures the precious innocence of a newborn baby and the delightful pink gauzy anticipation first time parents have of looking ahead to raising their new daughter, whether through birth or by adoption. I remember gazing in wonder at my 4 month old daughter as […]
In “Humpty Dumpty”, part of a 1902 Mother Goose story book by William Wallace Denslow, the verse says that after his “great fall”,
“All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.”
I learned that verse as a child and the words still roll effortlessly and rhythmically off the tongue. Although I […]
I grew up in a family of 4 kids which was a good round number for board games, a favorite of which was Life. I always enjoyed picking out my piece and then moving it along the board…except that my older brother tended to win. Little did I know that there were a number […]
At the end of the school year, my daughter looked beautiful, dressed for her senior prom. Her long waist-length black hair was pulled back simply from her face and flowed down her back in long cascading waves thanks to her friend’s efforts with a curling iron on her straight locks. Her off-white dress was […]
