I’m very uncomfortable with my daughter’s relationship with death. First off, Augustine knows real death. 2019 will probably always be remembered by us as the ‘Year of Dying’. First my Grandmother died December 2018 and then our dog Bolt passed in May. Two deaths...
It feels like you are about to go to college. Dear Augustine, Today you are four years old – an age that always felt to me as so impossibly young. The kind of age for a baby. Someone who still wears diapers and can talk but can’t be understood…until you became four....
What do you call something that’s not an accident? **This was originally published July 2019 – lost in November 2022 – revived and updated March 2024. My daughter was 4 1/2 when this was first written and, now that’s she 8, I have many, many more...
She was not on the bill. As I told everyone when I took the stage, “How do you raise a five year old that’s great at concerts? You take a three year old to dozens of shows and gradually get them accustomed to being in the audience.” I said this because I...
