A Place for Extravagant Beauty
Flowers serve a purpose, I know, evolutionarily. But I’ve been gazing at this arrangement of flowers leftover from Sunday’s party and thinking how absurd it is. How funny and winsome…
Why Did I Get Covid?
I’ve now been in bed with Covid for a few days. Sneezing, coughing, sniffling, cycling through chills and fever. I haven’t been sick like this in years. In To Be…
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Love Looks Like Fish Tacos
Sometimes love comes in the form of fish tacos. I’ve been eating as a pescatarian for a few weeks now. Our family knows this, but we haven’t really changed our…
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What Energizes Me? Anxiety or Love?
Anxiety often wakes me up in the morning (not to mention in the middle of the night). My concern over the to-do list and my unspoken fear about what will…
Why a Failed Shopping Expedition Was Still a Great Birthday Present
Marilee turned 11 last Sunday. We drove to Brooklyn early to meet her new cousin, and we had already planned to see Wicked on Broadway with tickets that we had…
Getting the Booster Is a Way to Love My Neighbor
This is me outside the pharmacy where I got my booster shot. I don’t want to get Covid, but honestly, the reason I got the booster is not out of…
Loves Looks to Move Towards One Another
My friend’s son was whistling in class. The other kids were annoyed. Another friend’s daughter drools a lot and other kids think it’s “gross.” Some kids smell bad. Others make…
Meritocracy Is the Antithesis to Love | Plough Essay
Meritocracy is the antithesis to love. I first wrote those words almost two years ago, when we were traveling cross-country and we were taking regular hikes as a family. On…
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Talking About Disability
I remember this time, back when Penny was really little, when we were at a birthday party together and another mom was there with her child who also had a…
The Bible Is Not About Behavior Management
I often misinterpret the words in the Bible as behavior management, when they are really invitations to surrender to love. Jesus says: “Do not judge, and you will not be…
