Nurshable

Letters to My Sons

  • The Texture of You

    Dear Isaac, Alexander and Anne-Marie, Each of you has a texture that delights me. The expressions that you make, the sound of your voice, the way your words move across your mind and leave your mouth, the things that you… Continue reading

  • A Thin Pink Ring

    Dear Isaac, When you were five you went on a field trip with your summer camp, and you played some games in an arcade and won tickets that you could trade for prizes. You traded your tickets for a ring… Continue reading

  • Misunderstood Need

    Dear Children, Way back when humankind first came to be, be it through creation or evolution or something not yet understood or imagined.. The world was a very different place, and our bodies were made to survive and thrive in… Continue reading

  • Loving One Child More than Another

    Dear Isaac, “Do you love my brother more than me?” This is the first time you have asked this. Until now you’ve been very very certain that I could never love anyone more than I love you. Even now you… Continue reading

  • You’re MAKING ME SAD!

    My Dearest Sweet Funny Alexander-in-the-middle*, You’re terribly two and struggling with all the feelings that you have about the world around you. You are incredibly mellow and sweet, and you’re incredibly unmellow and unsweet. Lately your go-to phrases are “Making… Continue reading

  • A Strip of Fabric

    Dear Children, I have the brown and white Mei Tai that the eldest of you rode in as a baby. I have the brown stretchy gauze fabric that Alexander-in-the-middle spend his earliest months in. And I have the white stretchy… Continue reading

  • Words Spoken in Anger

    Dear Isaac, It is my hope that as you grow you will always remember three words that I have started to speak to you in anger. “I love you.” These three words have become the first three that I try… Continue reading

  • The Space to Cry It Out

    Dear Middle Child, At two you have many strong furious sad emotions and strong wants, needs, desires. You see clearly what it is that you want to do, your imagination lights up and your boundless energy explodes, and then things… Continue reading

  • The Monster Created by Cosleeping

    Dear Kids, I hear a lot about the “monster” created by co-sleeping, which we have done with each of you. The thing about monsters is that they are imaginary. And if you can imagine yourself a monster you can imagine… Continue reading

  • The Things You Learn

    Dear EldestChild, You learn things so quickly and imitate us so well, and I’m sorry to say that you pick up on not only the best of our behavior but also on the worst. We need to be more careful… Continue reading