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Life, Love, and Lunacy in the Big Easy.

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

To Evan, Who is Seven

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My sweet boy-- Last night I watched you fall asleep, clutching your big red Clifford, your face hidden under the mop of blond hair that ...
Monday, August 4, 2014

To Evan, On Your 6th Birthday

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Evan, We spent the day today in Daytona, at Aunt Kate's new house with the brand new pool that was just ready this afternoon.  In t...
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

To Sydney, On Your 8th Birthday

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My sweet girl, You are eight years old today.  This morning you corrected me when I told you that I couldn't believe you were eight...
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Sunday, August 4, 2013

To Evan, On Your 5th Birthday

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My sweet boy, Last night, as we lay in your bottom bunk after reading stories, you made up a game wherein you moved your arms into various...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Be Kind

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Early Sunday morning, I left my grandmother's house for the last time; it was the house where I spent a large portion of my childhood, w...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Summerfield Road

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In a couple of weeks, my grandmother's house will be sold, for cash, to a faceless and hopefully kind and responsible family.  I'm t...
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Monday, March 11, 2013

Castles

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Growing up, I always laughed at my mother's annual birthday litany. Every year, on the morning of the last day of November, she would re...
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I have one daughter, one son, one cat, one piano, and one house in Uptown New Orleans. I work at one counseling center. I am of two minds about nearly everything.
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