LIFESTYLE
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liam // Dad and I often catch you eavesdropping on our conversations and lovingly call you Radar, letting you know we see you. I sometimes catch you listening to the world this way, paying attention to
little things
I met my mom for lunch and ice cream yesterday and then left all of my children with her for Nina Camp, a week of fun the grandparents host/plan each summer. The only prerequisite for
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liam // you climbed our steep roof to watch your dad work. It seems you are transitioning out of boyhood more and more each day and taking notes in the process. burke // this
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liam // I always find you reading, even when you should be folding laundry. burke // a sweet smile from the guy who had blotches all over his face due to poison ivy earlier this
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liam // you wanted to build something this week–possibly inspired by all of the handmade work your father’s been doing–so you built a lemonade stand for your sisters and cousin to use. burke // you
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“a weekly portrait of each of my children in 2014” liam // you built a flying ship (complete with propelled wings) for a local Lego exhibition and called it the Flying Fish. burke // watching you submerge in a friend’s pool
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“a portrait of my children, once a week in 2014” liam // you couldn’t believe how close the seagulls flew to you, wanting to snatch you lunch. A few times they succeeded. burke //exhausted from
on change
I have always considered myself a lover of change. A new soap scent, a different routine, a fresh arrangement of furniture in a room. Those are the fun changes, the ones I initiate to give fresh experience to something that
in the bag
Have you read The Goldfinch yet? When Bri from Mamages asked me to share what I’ve been carrying around in my bag recently, I had to include this read. I’ve literally toted it with me