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Last night was a 9th grade event at man-cub’s school. In Davis, Jr High is 7th-9th grade and High School is 10th-12th. This means that he was “big man on campus” for a whole year. What a big campus it was too!   I ran into an old mom-friend I hadn’t seen in a while....

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Even before losing Ryan, I often found myself feeling melancholy at the end of the year. A whole year gone so quickly, I would think. I was a little sad to say goodbye to the year, knowing it would never be again. (I'm also a person who tears up when I sell a car!)  I used to see the...

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This will be our second Christmas without Ryan. It seems unreal that almost 17 months have passed since we received that horrific phone call that changed our lives forever. Ryan died on July 29, 2007 so last year's holidays were especially difficult. We were still so fragile - our grief still so...

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My husband had to travel to Santa Cruz today for the memorial service of one of his former students. It's an absolute tragedy. He taught this particular child for three years, and the young man died last week in a motorcycle accident a week before his high school graduation. My husband is...

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Like any other kind of stone; kidney stone, gallstone, a milestone can be difficult. Overnight it seems I find myself living with two men rather than my little boy and my husband. I know I’ve talked a little about this realization before here, but this week we had a big milestone. On...

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Back when my son was three I really wanted another baby. REALLY REALLY wanted another one. My husband however did not. After much discussion, we came to a compromise. It takes six months for a vasectomy to become affective. I would have those six months to get pregnant, or not. If not, that would...

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