The Kodak paper envelope with its signature yellow color is as familiar as my reflection once was. And I feel my heart sink just a little when I realize there is not one picture of me in the 36 images from the developed role. It was 17 years ago. Other than I was the one […]
Family Portrait
Yesterday, while we had the entire Backyard Playgroup together again, we had our family portrait taken. The daylight hours, having been pushed back to standard, bent long rays of gold behind us—the air was crisp, the afternoon, beautiful. While the photographer, a friend, worked her magic with the lens, we propped ourselves up against centuries […]
Backseat of a forward moving car
Zipping past me in a blur of color is Rancho Santa Fe, if one were to slow the car–and time–you would see beauty abounds. There by the roadside a white and lavender carpet of color stretches up to greet the sky, pink bougainvillaea wrapped trellises sit behind massive iron gates, horses too lazy to […]
Childhood is Fleeting, Motherhood is Forever
I had no inkling, the first time I learned I was pregnant, of the combination of awe and regret that motherhood would stitch into my soul. But my firstborn, now 26, has long eclipsed the age I was when I gave birth to him, and I find myself marveling over the realization that I have been a […]
