But each night before bed he places the dinosaur on my nightstand and says, "I'm going to leave him right here."
All in Life
Trick or Treat
We leave my apartment as we returned to it the night before, fully costumed and carrying pumpkins full of candy.
Turning Point
We rounded a corner and found the sea; stopping because I couldn't see it and not feel it, because you couldn't pass it and not photograph it.
Small Things
I finished the day sitting on the floor of my kitchen eating watermelon with my son.
Considering Motherhood
The title is unimportant because it is the arms that reach for you, the smile that greets you. Biological or found, loved despite differences and time.
Graduation
Growing up is never easy. The world roughs you up before it spits you out a mostly formed adult.
Divorce Analogy
When you look back you can see markers on the road. Sometimes there is peeled rubber stuck to pavement, places where you suddenly stopped.
On My Father's Birthday
He is the voice at the end of the line when I panic, someone who will always try to find a solution.
Memorial
The man that I knew was Uncle Eck. The Eck from before I could speak properly and it became Uncle Ed.
Burning
A lighter appeared, produced with anger and frustration, his dark eyes reflecting flame.
Arrival - Rota, Spain
The heat hit me first, then the scent of oranges and hot asphalt. Going from the shaded interior of the plane to the steps that led down to the runway jarred me
Four Letter Word
There is a time and place. That's something my parents tried very hard to beat into my brain.
On Terry Pratchett's Death
"A man is not dead as long as his name is spoken."
Birdhouses
I watch my mother painting birdhouses. These are not the simple, made in your garage or woodshop variety.
Grasshopper
Several feet away on the seawall, in the path of the oncoming tide, sat a bright green grasshopper
Evergreen
A false evergreen, plastic fake, colored lights popping in and out of existence. The ornaments of my childhood caught, exposed
Revoke My Adult Card
There are days when I feel like my adult card should be revoked.Example? Last Saturday I got a speeding ticket and my tire exploded.
The Last Time
The ship is a floating city. It's cliché but how else to describe the huge, the monstrous gray building suspended on the water?
Giant Dead Bird
This is the first year that I've been the primary cook for one of the largest meals of the year
South
But in South Carolina the plants were neon, the color deep, as if a cut leaf could be used as a marker, as if their pigment might transfer easily to paper.