Dear Lily June, Many moons ago, back when your father and I were still just engaged but not yet married,… Read more Why I Love Your Father–On the Occasion that You’re Having a Merry, Little Christmas
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The Climbing Fish–On the Occasion that Your Family Periodically Falls Apart
Dear Lily June, The call came in yesterday. My cousin Whitley, who had been bankrolling my sister’s work-from-home job as a… Read more The Climbing Fish–On the Occasion that Your Family Periodically Falls Apart
Home is Where You Hang Your White Flag–In Which We Sign Another Lease
Dear Lily June, There was a little, living dream, born with a warm, wet heart that sounded, for a minute, as omnipresent as… Read more Home is Where You Hang Your White Flag–In Which We Sign Another Lease
Biting Off More than I Could Ever Chew–In Which I Attempt to Defend Poetry
Dear Lily June, You were born to two poets. This means a number of things about your life: That you… Read more Biting Off More than I Could Ever Chew–In Which I Attempt to Defend Poetry
