Box, String, Ladder, Birds–On the Occasion that You Need Willpower

Dear Lily June, I regularly read you this children’s story called “Cookies” from a larger collection. In it, two friends, Frog and Toad,… Read more Box, String, Ladder, Birds–On the Occasion that You Need Willpower

Waving the White Flag–In Which I Have to Give Up Breastfeeding

Dear Lily June, Of everything that happened with the pregnancy and your birth, what still haunts me even to this minute… Read more Waving the White Flag–In Which I Have to Give Up Breastfeeding

Dear Lily June, “Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.”… Read more Measuring Out My Life in Coffee Spoons–In Which I Tackle Pain

Dear Lily June, The first summer after the tornado, my mental state was shambling like a zombie. It hit mid-April,… Read more Back in the Saddle Again–In Which I Anxiously Reinitiate Therapy for Anxiety

Dear Lily June, As human beings, we live in the flimsy structures of our fleshy bodies. Our hearts, like birds,… Read more Forgiving the Flesh–In Which I Recount the Ways My Body Has Betrayed Me

Dear Lily June, It’s hard to believe that two months ago to the very day, you emerged into the world… Read more The Delivery, Part III–In Which You Make Your Grand Entrance in the Surgical Theater