Honoring A Partner’s Roots/Making Peace with the Past “It’s Easter,” I say to my partner. Ours is an “interfaith” marriage. “Let’s take a walk to Saint-Sulpice. You can light a candle.“ My partner has a checkered relationship with the religion of her youth. But this is a holiday, and Saint-Sulpice is the second largest […]
The Pandemic Grandparent: Grateful for Streaming — But Also Sad
Streaming, schreaming! I surprised myself by figuring out how to “cast” onto my TV the links my daughter had emailed. Minutes later, I sat in bed, having a cup of soup and watching a performance of Clue, with Grandson #1, Henry, as “Wadsworth,” the all-knowing and very English butler played by Tim Curry in the […]
Calling All Baby Whisperers… (a chance to think about something else for a few minutes)
Did you read Secrets of the Baby Whisperer when you became a parent? If so, how did that work out for you? Secrets of the Baby Whisperer celebrates its 20th anniversary November! My co-author, the late Tracy Hogg — the Baby Whisperer — never set out to peddle a “program.” She knew that every baby […]