“You do that with so much concentration,” he said, watching me.
“How am I supposed to do it?”
“Just as comes naturally.”
But if I just did it as comes naturally, I wouldn’t do it at all.
Author: Jenny
Shock, Outrage, and Betrayal
What if I took my ordinary little life and acted as if it were extraordinary? What if I wrote overly dramatic headlines about it?
A Little Life
If a moment of life is worth living, it seems it must also be worth remembering.
Unfinished Books of 2024
Once I was the kind of person who read one book at a time, but now, as the year ends, I have many different books going.
Signs & Wonders – Or, A Single Hair
If I was the kind of person who believes in signs, I would think this is a sign and I would look it up to check what it means.
10 Bright Spots in October
Some months are simply brighter than others, but all months have some moments of light in them. Maybe even ten.
The Number Nine
September is our anniversary month, and in honor of that I did something I’ve never done before: I wrote a blog post in collaboration with my husband.
A Green-Pea Moment
Something about doing this with my daughter now, here, this mix of old and new, makes it feel like a Moment.
Routines for a Reason
If I would be kidnapped and replaced by a clone, my daughter would probably be the first one to be troubled by it.
Very Close Friends
“Are you very close friends?” a stranger asked us a week ago.
I didn’t need to think about my answer.