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Year One: A Letter
Jude, It’s a strange feeling to look at a clock and remember exactly what you were doing at this time one year ago. And tonight, I can’t help but reflect on the work I was enduring last year on the...
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Year Two: A Letter
Jude, Today marks another birthday for you, and it’s hard to believe we are turning the page on another chapter. The weeks race by at a ridiculous speed these days, and you change constantly. Knowing...
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Birth Story: A Letter
Dear Norah, I’ve written letters to your brother on each of his birthdays, and I intend to do the same to you. Your first letter though will be for this first Birth Day when you entered the world, and...
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Year Three: A Letter
Dear Jude, Today you turn three, and though you are still so small in the world, it seems like such a big number to me. I play games in my head and think of how fast the past three years have gone and...
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Year One: A Letter
Dear Norah, If there is one thing I have come to know about motherhood, it’s that characteristic bittersweet feeling. That moment when my heart can sing and ache at the same time. It reminds me so...
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Year Four: A Letter
Jude, We begin your fourth year today, and I have spent the past few months watching all the baby melt away and the kid emerge. It seems to be the magic age when so many baby struggles – sleep, potty...
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Year Two: A Letter
Dear Norah, Somehow you are two today, and my baby doesn’t feel like such a little one anymore. This year has been monumental for you in so many ways. You run steadily rather than toddle. You use words...
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Year Five: A Letter
Dear Jude, Five! I can hardly believe it. So many big things happen at five, and here you are. You are growing and learning, but the changes have slowed down a bit and are not as pronounced and obvious...
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Year Three: A Letter
Norah, You are three today, and as usual, I’m not sure how it happened. I blinked, and you are here. Potty-learning far behind us, talking clearly to anyone and everyone who will listen – including...
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Year Six: A Letter
Jude, Today you turn six, and this has been a huge year for you. Growing, learning, changing everyday. I wake every morning to realize there is a little person in my house. This might seem like a...
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Year Four: A Letter
Norah, You are four today. How did that happen this quickly? You are still my baby, but less so everyday. The shape of our family is changing as you walk tall beside me, and independence is your main...
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Year 5: A Letter
Dear Norah, You are five today. Five! I say this all the time, but I am not sure where the time is going. In ways I feel like you were just born, and in ways I feel like you have always been here. I...
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