Melissa

What Will We Do With What We Know?

March 19, 2026

An interesting thing about being married for almost three decades is that I have gotten pretty good at predicting how Chad will feel about things. The knowledge that I've gained ...

The Things We Missed

March 11, 2026

Sometimes I think about how different my mom's childhood was from my own, not because she was born almost three decades earlier, but because her dad died in an accident when she ...

Just One Childhood

March 9, 2026

I became a mother at 27 years old. I took to it. I was never a child who wanted to hold babies like many of my friends did. I was happy to see babies across the room, feeling no ...

Little Things

February 27, 2026

Four-year old Ivy and I stepped out onto a sunny street, plastic bags in hand to collect all the unnoticed treasures of a small-town neighborhood in the early spring. It was 72 ...

Move Over, Heidi!

The Songwriter

Kindergarten Came

Underwear Elvis

I’ve got a fever, and the only prescription is…more appliances!

Goodbye, Dear Friend

Kids: A Happy Tribute

Life Awaits!

God Knows

Too Two

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