This prayer was written by a community builder, Agnes C., who nurses our city's most vulnerable, raises some incredible kids, and spends her spare time building and equipping communities of empathy - starting with the kids. You can find her work at Starling Kids where she lets people know ways to engage their kids... Continue Reading →
I Woke Up at 3am This Morning
I woke up at 3am this morning. I’ve been trying a new thing where I wake up stupid early to read and write and just have at least an hour to collect myself. So I knew my alarm was set for 5am and I needed to go right back to sleep. But I also knew—I... Continue Reading →
My Friend Is Having A Baby
A friend of mine is having a baby. Now lots of my friends have had babies but mostly they coincided with me having my own. Now my baby is three and not actually all that babyish anymore. So when my friend told me she was pregnant I was thrilled for her and then had this... Continue Reading →
Kids These Days
E, who is 6, and I were talking about how sometimes you do something that other people think isn’t right but you think is ok. The conversation came out of reading Beverley Cleary’s Ramona and Her Mother. E loves the Ramona books….I did too when I was a kid and the stories are like a... Continue Reading →
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