Be Our Guest–In Which Mrs. Minion Fought the Darkness and Won

Dear Lily June, At this time last year, I was still in the hospital, still waiting for you to make… Read more Be Our Guest–In Which Mrs. Minion Fought the Darkness and Won

Bucket List in a Jar–In Which There Are Letters Within Letters

Dear Lily June, A Matroyoshka doll, also known as a Russian nesting doll, is actually a series of wooden figures,… Read more Bucket List in a Jar–In Which There Are Letters Within Letters

Dear Lily June, Once upon a time, exactly a year ago today, after I’d been told you might not make… Read more Dear Little Heart–In Which I Introduce the Letters Which Started This Blog

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, If you’re ever pregnant someday, you’ll get to a point where you look and feel like this… Read more The Delivery, Part II–In Which I Fail to Progress as a Mother and a Human Being

Dear Lily June, If you’re old enough to read this, you probably know the unfortunate truth about your mother: She… Read more The Delivery, Part I–In Which I Have No Birthing Plan and Things Escalate Quickly

Dear Lily June, If there’s one thing I’ve learned in this life, it’s that we’re both hardier and more fragile… Read more The Pregnancy–In Which First Your Life is Threatened and Then Mine Is