I’m realizing now that before we had our own, Morrison’s sister Emily’s boy, also named Morrison, was kind of the dream boy of my heart. Gentle and kind and just a little weird. Yesterday, my …
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why to be a Baby
Having a baby makes you want to be one again. Sometimes I pretend I’m one again, but this time, I appreciate it. Scenario: I experience a big new emotion, experience or sensation, something that overwhelms …
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Alina
A friend story: I met Alina back in 2016, on a Jetblue flight from NYC back to LA. One of those massive Summer storms was moving in, so the plane taxied out and returned to …
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BIG FEELINGS
The only bigger feeling than the frustration you feel when your baby low grade whines or what the British apparently call ‘mithers’ all night JUST loud enough to keep you from sleeping is THE WORRY …
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We Play Ourselves
My playwright buddy / colleague, my FROLEAGUE (TM BEKAH BRUNSTETTER), Jen Silverman, has written what is so far a very gorgeous novel, about a playwright who escapes from NYC to LA after a humiliating career …
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The Painting and the Statue
The other night, this old picture popped up in the weird ‘here are you picture memories’ phone thing. It’s from a 2015 trip to Palm Springs with my forever friend Elizabeth (WHO IS STILL THIS …
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A Day
Pandemic days bleed into each other, so I like to mark the holidays, the special ones that wear a blocked colored hat on my google calendar, with a Festive Pajama, so that looking back, we …
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A Schedule
Joe has many favorite classic baby games these days, including Peekaboo, Roll the Ball, Yank out all hairs dangling from Mom’s head or Dad’s face, and then of course THE MOMENT THAT MOM GRASPS A …
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Nice
I found this little sign friend in a thrift store in North Carolina like three years back, and I was like, you are my mantra, and you are coming home with me. It sits in …
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Djuna Blue
On 1/28, my magic little niece, Djuna Blue, arrived in the world like a carefully planned thought, a dollop of fresh cream, or maybe fairy bird queen, or all of it. I truly see something …