My three year old turned to me, and asked, urgently, What’s it called when an animal is NOT nocturnal? Hmm. I don’t know. That’s a good question. He paused for a few moments and, maybe one day when me and Nicholas are big we can go and find a dragonfly. And then we can ask […]
Archives for November 2016
The Very Thought of You
It seems to be a generally accepted fate that people who fell in love will fall out of it and that romance within long-term relationships or marriage is bound to die. The usual advice to try to prevent this goes something like: try to make time for each other. Set monthly/weekly date nights. And certainly, […]
I’ll Guard Thee Tonight
I don’t want anyone to die. I had just walked down to breakfast and was taken aback, used to a cheery greeting and enthusiastic chronicling of the morning’s events from my three-year-old son. What, buddy? I don’t want anyone to die because I love them. It all started with a bird who died outside our […]