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That night I baked Zucchini bread from her recipe, four small loaves, and lit a green candle in the top of one. “Are we having a party because she died?” my six year old son asks. “We’re lighting a candle to honor her life,” I said. “Oh,” he adds, “that’s what I...
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(This post originally appeared here last Halloween. It’s one of my favorites, so I thought I’d run it again this year. Enjoy!) It’s rainy and cold and we’re all keyed up and worn out from being trapped indoors for two days by Hurricane...
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(this should be a cute picture of my son and I in our costumes, but that’s another longer story for another day) It’s rainy and cold and we’re all keyed up and worn out from being trapped indoors for two days by Hurricane Sandy. I wake up, too late, and...
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Our nine-month-old twins are sick and the batteries in the swing are dead. No one’s going to get any sleep at this rate, so I volunteer to run out for batteries. On the way I to the store I call a friend whose father was recently diagnosed with a deadly...
