JOY GABRIEL

Last June, all my boy wanted was to play one real baseball game with other kids. He settled for batting with a paper towel roll in the...

As the days have been getting warmer (and the nights perfectly wondrous) we have (more often) let the kids linger outside in their bare...

I can’t stop thinking about this interview with Stephen Colbert from 2015 and the phrase that slipped through a crack in my then very...

We just did something I never imagined and I’m still having trouble wrapping my head around. Joe Gabriel and I, who have spent our entire...

Bit late on the take here but you ever have one of those 😱😭 🏋️ 🎪 ⛈ ☄️🌪 hellscape in the city kinda days? I’ve also found that in...

#truths from the 9 year old today

So my child said “dammit” and we had a little talk and she was very sorry but also, “It’s just that you’ve been saying it a lot, Mom.”...

Last night, I gathered my anxious little family for a sweet, post-supper read aloud. With this crew, in these pandemic times, any and...

I have been wondering how to talk with my children about George Floyd and the global demonstrations demanding justice. Usually when...

Saturday Night Social! Wine and Story Time 🍷 (In which I ...we? ... have a glass and visit times of yore) In this episode: I Did Not...

I always wanted to be the mom who had it together. But I’m the mom who’s working on it. I’m in it with my family. With myself. SelfCompassio

The morning my daughter was born, I sat in the hospital, while Joe ran to the deli for bagels, clutching this tiny person in my arms —...

Right now I have one child who cannot get close enough and one child who cannot build a big enough barricade. The boy wants to sit on my...

Last night I did something I NEVER do. When Red announced he was hungry at 7:30pm (the time by which they are usually fed/bathed/snuggled...

On the way home from our walk, she asked me if I had to wear a mask outside during quarantine when I was little. No, honey. We didn’t...

I finally got outside. I was sick with a fever and flu symptoms etc (couldn’t get a test so don’t ask) and didn’t leave my apartment for...

I love the assignments coming home from our teachers. In keeping with my firm belief that my son's teacher is Mr Rogers incarnate, their...

On Monday (approx one million years ago) I woke up scared and overwhelmed. How will we do this? I took a minute alone before I started...

What I hope my kids remember about living through this crazy time is that we did it together. Not AT each other or around each other. But...