Breathe deep. I love you.

charms

When I say that while I was meditating today, the best thing happened, I mean it. I was seated on the anti-fatigue mat that occupies the floorspace just in front of the kitchen sink, my back tall against the lower kitchen cabinets, facing the dresser we use as a butcher block. My attention was tuned

the new york island

Last last summer. This shirt ended up shrinking so much that my daughters can wear it now. These pants are now part of my home uniform. Brendan’s hair is short now, but getting longer. The girls are much taller now. We will ride this ferry again. But what happens when you’re daughters are at the

loose knots

I write now from the inside of someplace. Today felt like some kind of beginning. We’ve been staying inside our one-bedroom apartment, my twin six-year-old girls alternately cackling and screaming at each other. This evening, I compulsively took my temperature. Each time I go to the bathroom, I count the squares of toilet paper I’m