we are headed south for vacation and I am finding it hard to contain my excitement. though the preparations for this seven-day adventure (...

I've been thinking so much about ava and her first dance performance. it got me to thinking about my first show. said reminiscing led t...

about a week ago, ava had her very first dance performance and I'm all crazy inside about it. it's so much that I don't even kno...

it's ordinary to love the marvelous, but marvelous to love the ordinary. I have these words (scribbled in red crayon on a scrap of...

I'm quite happy to report that I spent last night at the movies with my brother (birthday groove was ON). this is kind of a big deal si...

today is my brother nate's birthday. I am hoping to perch a silly hat on his head, obnoxiously sing the birthday song to him and dig in...

my mother's day: krispy kreme donuts fresh sunflowers full body massage at natural body spa original painting by ava I ask you, d...

with her, every single birthday was a special event. trips to the library were a weekly treat and she never limited the amount of books we ...

one of the more poetic things I have done in my life was to walk across the brooklyn bridge at dusk. in my 34 years of living, I have foun...

the other day, we were sitting on the couch and I was talking (sarcastically) to the television. can't remember who (or what) was the ca...

in the infrastructure of our family, I am the head of what you might call the 'complaints' department. that is, I handle most of th...

I'm not sure when it began, the somewhat obsessive collecting of found photographs. I do remember when the habit kicked into high gear t...

every once in awhile, ava becomes obsessed with a particular song and will demand it be played over and over again. while this normally dr...

what more can be said about someone who has been known to spend hours helping his niece set up wildly elaborate polly pocket scenes? about...

photo I took of ava in cinderella dress-up shoes, halloween, 2004 I can't seem to stop buying dress-up shoes for ava. I think it has ...