Funnel cakes and fishing and other fun on our trip to the beach

Then a man who was fishing nearby approached us. “I really want to see them catch something,” he said.

Late on the afternoon of Father’s Day, I said, “I wonder whether I should make cupcakes….”

May this summer be a restful time of renewal, memory-making, and ice cream.

I’m really enjoying connecting and reconnecting with people I’ve missed so much over the past 15 months.

It was a summer evening, and I was home from college. My father and I were taking a walk together through my parents’ neighborhood when we saw a mother and her little girl—maybe 6 or 7 years old—walking on the other side of the street. My father waved, and the woman waved back. “Look!” my […]

Finding happiness in the simple things

The other night, just as I was about to turn out the light at bedtime, my sons started asking about miracles.

A poetic tribute to Brood X, the 17-year cicadas

It’s June, and every day I answer the question, “How many school days are left?”