18!
Olivia is 18! We celebrated Covid-style, in our house with just us four (five including Charlie). I’m proud of the young woman Olivia has become: strong-willed and independent, perceptive and artistic. I stand in awe of Olivia’s quiet self-confidence, her ability to navigate any situation, her willingness to see the best in others. May this […]
Now
A while back, my 15-year-old son Mateo came home and told me this story. He’d been at the gift store at the bottom of our hill to buy a fancy candle for a friend’s birthday. Mateo shops at the gift store a lot—he’s a generous giver of gifts to friends–and the shop owner knows him. […]
Cancelled due to Covid.
For the past ten or so years, families from our Bay Area Guatemalan adoption group have gathered this weekend to celebrate, connect, and catch up; to compare stories of travel to Guatemala and reunion with birth families. The gathering is our touchstone–a few blessed hours of conversation when everyone we talk to has walked the […]
“Breakthrough” movie
Olivia and I watched “Breakthrough,” the 2019 film about the boy in Missouri who was skating on thin ice with friends, fell through, was rescued, and spent many minutes unconscious—enough minutes that recovery seemed futile. Probably everyone in the world has seen this movie except us. Olivia suggested watching it because she knows I’ll watch […]
Mother Mother
Hi Friends: If you’re on this page, we probably know each other through my first book, Mamalita. I’m writing now to tell you where I am in my second book, a novel, Mother Mother. The cover is set and galleys are in final proof stages. The cover artwork uses a painting by one of my […]