I’ve never felt as little as I did swimming chin-deep in the icy cavern of navy water at the bottom of Hanakapi’ai Falls in Kauai, Hawaii.  The water roared and tumbled over the cliff face from 300 feet above, drenching us with its powerful and spectacular spray, pushing us firmly toward the black lava rocks…

Tomorrow is Mother’s Day.  And I get to celebrate it, as if I deserve it.  As if I am something special.  As if I have any right to this privilege of motherhood, or as if I have anything important to offer the little boys that love me inexplicably and unquestionably. I don’t know why I…

Once upon a time, there was a mom and a little boy named Huck.  Huck loved playing with his mom, and his mom loved playing with him.  Sometimes, Huck liked exploring on his own, and sometimes, his mom liked to read and talk to friends and check Facebook on her phone.  Huck and his mom…