I know I haven’t written here in a while. There are a lot of reasons for that. Mostly I’m just overwhelmed, and nurturing this place has fallen to the bottom of my list of obligations. I keep a pretty active daily photo diary on Instagram, but carving out time for lengthy posts just hasn’t been Read more…
Category:Videos
Oct
18
2012
A Glimpse Into Vera’s World
I’ve been writing some pretty intense posts lately so I thought I’d lighten it up a bit. Here are two little videos taken this week, both of them featuring Veronica. Although the second kid transition has been tough on Vera she has never wavered in being a stellar big sister, wanting to include Juliette in Read more…
Sep
26
2012
Twice the…
It’s Wednesday morning in Santa Monica. Jules just went down for a nap and Vera is in school. I’m unshowered in a sweatshirt, battling a case of mastitis. Life is not glamorous these days. I think having a second kid is going to go down in the books as one of the hardest things I’ve Read more…
Oct
20
2011
A New Addition to the Family
You thought I was going to say that I’m pregnant, didn’t you? Well, instead I’m going to tell you about our new cat. Oh great, you’re thinking, just what I wanted to read about today. Claire’s new cat. Well, this is what you get. His name is Foster. He’s about 7 months old and he’s Read more…
Oct
12
2011
One of My Favorite Afternoons in Chicago
Four years ago this fall, I was easing into my new life in Chicago. It had been a rough transition, but I’d finally begun to make some friends and develop a few job leads. My first friend in Chicago was a really cool girl named Stacy McKinley. I met her through a friend of mine Read more…
Mar
09
2011
Going Home
We head back this morning, one of the last times I'll go home to Chicago. This has really been the nicest vacation, mostly because it was really just that — an honest vacation. We didn't try to see anything or learn anything new about a place. Rather we rested and relaxed and floated in the Read more…
Feb
05
2011
Why My Husband is a Good Father
Greg is a fantastic father in so many ways, but the parenting skill of his that I am most in awe of is his innate desire to teach Veronica things. I credit her large vocabularly and her ability to instantly pick up new words entirely to him. I feel so lucky to be co-parents with Read more…
