An excerpt from my letters to Reese. Wednesday, December 25th – 8:45pm On your first Christmas, you wake up before 6 am. True Christmas-kid energy. […]
Christmas Eve
Christmas songs stuck in my head, I sing them to you. What a difference a year makes. Last Christmas, I had half of my heartEvery […]
Final
An excerpt from my letters to Reese. Thursday, December 19th – 7:54pm It’s final. We went to court, the judge declared you mine, and me […]
Relaxed Family Sunday
We had one of those perfect relaxed family Sundays today. I joined my parents and Kai on a morning walk, he napped for most of […]
Little Brother Turns Thirty
A May day blooms like summerWe throw our windows openAnd a little brother turns thirtyWith his own little boySmiling on the play rugWatching the fan […]
Nephew, Voyager
He loves looking at the lightsAnd the fan going round and roundHis eyes go real wideWith each new magic he has found I whisper to […]
Kai Comes to Door County
My nephew, Kai, came up to Door County for the first time today! He arrived with my brother and sister-in-law just before dinner. My heart […]
I love being an aunt
Today I am blessed Proud to be this kid’s auntie Two months old, smiling With Love, Natalie
4.24.24
Born in nineteen sixty-twoTurning sixty-two todayFour, twenty-four, twenty-fourWhat a powerful array First a boy and then a manMustang rides in every decadeFirst a dad and […]
Smiling
My nephew starts smiling That beautiful thing Who lights up a photograph And lights up my world With Love, Natalie