Strawberry Seeds

I dared her to eat the whole strawberry — green part and all — just to see if she would do it. Piper was like that…

The Fisherman’s Daughter

The dock stretches twenty feet into the ocean. I remember a time when I would stand at its end, for hours, waiting…

Silence

“I can’t hear you, Mama.”

Shiloh is three-years-old going on twelve. Seasonal rhinitis makes it hard for her to hear…

The Wisdom of Children

When it came to neighbors, Darling didn’t like them as a rule. They asked too many questions, were quite loud during…

Twentysomething

The leaving is in everything. You know that. This year hinges you between twenty and thirty, and the thought is terrifying.