Easton, my smart, sensitive first-born, is going through a rough patch this month. Although he isn’t talking about it much, all signs point to anxiety about starting kindergarten, or at least to the transition away from his familiar routines. He’s been going to the same daycare center since he was 6 months old. He has …
I was ecstatic when my sister-in-law told us this past winter that they are expecting their first baby this summer. I’ll be an aunt for the first time. As a mom of a sassy toddler and a know-it-all almost-kindergartener, I’m a little wistful about the baby stage lately. Becoming an aunt lets me experience all …
