A reader sent me a lovely email about this blog and about the community that has grown up around it. She is a mother of two children, on...

I was washing the crepe pan in the sink, the water was running and I thought I heard a thump so I turned the water off and walked to S...

How does Sophie take Charlotte's Web, and how much does it cost? A lot of people don't realize that Charlotte's Web i...

I left the CVS last night at dusk and on the way out listened to a woman, on her way in, lamenting the death of Robin Williams. It took ...

believe they will bring the needy to Jesus, even on Hollywood Blvd in the middle of a 90 degree afternoon. Hold fast to dreams For i...

I opened up this file last nigh t while I sat on Sophie's purple beanbag chair and the sun went down and the super moon went up. Re...

It's another one of those days when I resolutely stop reading the hard news and skip right to the arts. I devoured an essay about ...

Remember the days when your children were babies and toddlers, and you had these long days to think of things to do with them without ...

Yesterday, Oliver and I swam in the Pacific, me up to my waist in blue water with seaweed wrapped around my ankles and Oliver all the way...

Oliver and Sophie, September 2001 Oliver and I strolled with Sophie up to the CVS to pick up her Onfi, and while we waited for yet ano...

Question of the Day: When does being patient mean you're being an asshat and actually need to be impatient? This mornin...

So, about six months or so ago, I began what I knew would be a long process to get a new wheelchair for Sophie. Those of you who know of ...

I was drawn toward what seems to be either a Blue Storm or Crazy Lace agate ring yesterday when I wandered round the city post-fried gr...

I ate a fried green tomato, bacon, and lettuce sandwich today, after cooperating and doing the right thing by getting a mammogram and tak...