The Third June 2nd
Each year, we try to do something simple as a family. The first year, we took Ruby to a beautiful park in Santiago. The second year, we lit up the night. This third year, it was Ryan’s idea. A … Continue reading
Tag: parenting after loss
Attachment Living
We hear a lot about “attachment parenting.” There are varying schools of thought, but I embraced much of it my first year with H. because several of its tenants—babywearing, breastfeeding, responding to baby’s cues—fell in line with my instincts. It … Continue reading
Why I Flew Across the Country to Talk About Loss
When Dr. Jessica Zucker first asked if I was planning to come to L.A. for BinderCon, I thought the clear answer was, “No.” The professional development conference, which launched in New York last year for women and gender non-conforming writers, sounded like what … Continue reading
What I Don’t Know Now
I’m sure most everyone who has a baby goes through this cataloguing, this realization that certain things have come full circle while others have begun anew. Perhaps it feels similarly for an astronaut looking down on Earth from space or … Continue reading
Here She Is
It’s been a while since I wrote. The last time this much time went by without a post, we had lost Lorenzo. I wasn’t sure I’d ever write again, much less return to such a public space. But I did, … Continue reading