(Sometimes, to be honest, writing these pieces feels as much like a confession as it does about “taking a risk”…that said, here’s one for the New Year) Driving with your kids in the car can be a risky endeavor. Besides the obvious things about the ever-present opportunity for accidents, especially in an urban area, there [...]
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The grace of the Leaf-Storm
While taking a morning walk earlier this week, I passed two yellow trees side-by-side that were losing their leaves. It looked like it was snowing, watching those leaves fall, quickly and quietly. It was holy. The way the leaves were falling, I knew they would all fall-off by the end of the [...]
October 10, 2010
Today is one of those days we recognize as once in a lifetime. This 10/10/10 is so particular. Unique. Balanced. Held. Complete. Perfect. It is only for today. It will never, ever, ever come again. Much like each day, really. Much like each one of us, truly. Every now and then the truth – that [...]
Bedtime
There are two men living in our Lesbian household. Before you get nervous (or oddly curious) you need to know that the oldest is 11 and the youngest is 8. Our two sons. What baffles me lately about these two – and I believe that they are equally yoked in this behavior – [...]
F’bk Posts: Posing a few Good Questions
Most every morning I sit down at the computer and type out a question on my Facebook profile page– I call this posting a “White Horse” question. You see, back when I was in college there was a drinking establishment across the street from our dorm called the White Horse Inn. Sometime [...]
Friending (as a Verb!)
The other morning on Facebook, I “friended” my ‘ole buddy, Truman. You know the truth is, “friending” has always been a verb. Thanks to our participation with Facebook, we now have a name for something we’ve been doing for a long, long time. Our language is so important. How we use the words we use [...]
Lesbian Parenting: What’s the Risk in That??
When my partner Linda and I had been together for nine years, we decided the time had come for us to have kids; we wanted our family to grow. Easier said than done, really, on so many levels. And after many talks — including our extended family and friends,– we met and talked with our [...]
