It’s no secret that parenthood (especially as a mom of teens and practicing teens) is a relatively thankless experience with few returns and lots of sacrifice. When I put Marsh to bed last night, in those moments before he drifted off, he declared (at random out of nowhere): “Mom, you are the best mom on […]

I’ve a feeling this is the first of several trips this year since Halloween is Marsh’s favorite holiday

“And then it was 10 hours later – around 11:30 pm – when we could finally see him. I couldn’t recognize my own baby.They’d had him on bypass for 206 minutes.  Then spent 30 minutes reinflating his lungs.   He was a mess of wires and skin and heart and hair and tubes and machines. But […]