Dailies

For anyone having problems identifying these behaviors in the wild: a short primer.
This is what a napping child looks like:

This is what a “napping” child looks like:

This is just to say
I have licked
the clementines
that were in
your fingers
and which
you were probably
thinking
you were going to eat
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so not breast milk

Piper and Addie laughing
Above, Addie and Piper sharing some chuckles at dinner last night.

It begins with my toes. It’s November 24th, 2008. Monday morning, 5:15 a.m., and my toes are beyond my reach. I stretch every day before biking down the western edge of Manhattan to my job at New York Public Radio, WNYC, but this Monday I’m awake in the ink-stained dawn, sitting on [...]

I am not sure if I will be able to adequately explain this for non-parents, but bear with me.
You are standing and watching your child sleep – their miniature motions and rustlings – and realizing that one year ago today, the human being in front of you was in all likelihood still an even [...]