We do not negotiate with terrorists or toddlers, I say to myself, face buried in pillow. The faint scent of coconut momentarily transports me away from my dark bedroom to a Caribbean island. When was the last time I washed my hair? I flash back to reality as the motionless man beside me lets out […]
May 29, 2020
Our last vacation, immediately before pandemic pandemonium, was to Vermont. We rented an Airbnb in Stowe, a 3-hour drive from our home. We stayed close as we had been sufficiently stung by our previous trip, a 5-day getaway to Florida, during which our daughter seemingly contracted every possible childhood illness. It all started on the […]
May 6, 2020
I awoke this morning to an e-mail from one of my favorite yoga teachers. I lay in bed, blackouts still drawn, trying to ignore the bang I heard on the baby monitor. My toddler was making her typical morning raucous, dragging her pacifier along the bars of her crib, as if she were an inmate […]
Apr 29, 2020
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