Thank you
I just want to take a moment to thank all of you.You know it's been a hell of a year, and still, I feel lucky for so many things. And all of you are high up on the list.You make me laugh, you make me think, you pull at my heart.Thank you for reading, for commenting, for emailing kind notes. Thank you for thoughts and prayers. Thank you for baby and mama gifts. Thank you for food. We ate a lot of casseroles in those first weeks after Jordan arrived. And they were delicious.And most of all, thank you for caring about us. I feel lucky to have you all in my little world.Odds of posting tomorrow are low, so let me say Happy Thanksgiving

Where my heart lives
I don't know if you've ever spent much time with a baby.I certainly had avoided them like the plague before I had one. I couldn't imagine what could be fun about them.And now, now I have this three-month old boy in his crib, staring up at his mobile. There's an orange giraffe, a

Everyone gets fed
We had dinner last night with lovely Laura and her new husband! last night. We went to Dino in Cleveland Park. I've only been a couple times, but I love the place. The food is delicious and they have wine specials on Sundays and the owners are so pleasant and really interesting. And they like kids.And if you are breastfeeding, I highly recommend

Dear Dad, month six
Dear Dad,It's been just over six months since you quietly and carefully slipped out of our lives.I unwittingly resorted my emails by date this morning, and an email from you appeared at the top of my inbox. It made my stomach jump.We've been so busy with the baby, and I have to say, that's been really helpful. Nick said the other day that he was worried about how crushingly sad I was after you died. Jordan has made the most extraordinary difference in all our lives.Jordan is so big and so much fun now. I wish you were here to see him. You would love him so much. He's nothing but joy, really.He's got Nick's temperament, I think. Ver

Recent additions to the fear list
I wish that in high school they'd made it clear that they were teaching you shit you might like to know later in life.Like, I wish they'd presented the information as useful instead of just Stuff You Needed to Know for the Exam. In biology class, for example, I just wasn't that interested in genus and species and dominant genes and fruit flies and such.I blame Mr. Robbins - although he was hot hot hot - for me announcing, over dinner last night, "And I was surprised to learn that sharks are mammals."See, I was explaning these shark octuplets in New Zealand. This one shark bit another on the stomach and