Nurshable

Letters to My Sons

  • The Intersection of Want and Need

    Dear Two Year Old MiddleChild aka Mr. McScreamingScreechyPants, Here we are at the intersection of Want and Need. As a baby your “wants” and your needs” are one and the same and largely simple in their nature. Then you reach… Continue reading

  • A Five Year Old With a Five Inch Mohawk

    Dear Eldest Child, Yesterday you brought home a picture of yourself from summer camp, handed it to me, and told me that it was to remind me that I needed to make your mohawk awesome again. You see, when you… Continue reading

  • When You Were Two

    When you were two you laid in a basket on the deck and stared up at the trees. You found a bird and you laughed. It was sunny, and you lay there being lazy and happy in the morning for… Continue reading

  • Don’t Manipulate Me

    Dear Critters-Three, Apparently the three of you have been born evil super-geniuses that will manipulate me at every given opportunity. And apparently that manipulation starts off with a simple cry that coerces me into picking you up and holding you… Continue reading

  • One Part Magic, Ninety Nine Parts Choice

    Dear I, A, and K, One part of my love for you is magic. This is the deep emotional undercurrent that courses through me when I see your face,  when I tuck you in, when I see you again after… Continue reading

  • Roll With the Punches

    Dear Sons, You have taught me how to roll with the punches. How to accept broken things offered up with tears, and turn them into discussions that somehow make you at ease with their broken-ness, or even delighted with the… Continue reading

  • This is Not About You

    Dear Children, I write you letters, but these letters are not about you as you are in the distant future, but what you are today and what I am today. I do not yet know who you will be, and… Continue reading

  • You Need to Learn Patience

    Dear Eldest, You’re five and a half and you really need to learn patience. You often expect me to listen to you RIGHT NOW when your sister needs a diaper change, when your brother is crying, or when your grandfather… Continue reading

  • Red Frog

    Dear Eldest Child, A year ago something happened between the two of us that has stuck in my mind ever since, and that will now stay with me for the rest of my life in the form of a small… Continue reading