You just fell asleep in my arms nursing while I read you one of my favorite books - Wherever You Go My Love Will Find You by Nancy Tillman. Your eyelids got heavy, and you closed your eyes as I read this passage: In the green of the grass...in the smell of the sea...in the clouds floating by...at the top...
Words & Wishes
The Daughter I Didn't Have
Before I moved out of my parent’s house and into my first home with my new husband, I carefully wrapped my beloved Chatty Cathy doll, my Poor Pitiful Pearl doll, and an assortment of Barbie and Ken dolls in a protective layer of tissue paper, then placed them inside a sturdy box which I promptly sealed shut with packing tape. The...