March 20, 2023 Dear Lizzy, Today, you would have turned six years old. It is a struggle to imagine how beautiful you would be with your sunlit hair and oceanic eyes. It is harder to imagine how your personality would have evolved over the past four years, how much more Lizzy you would have become…
Dear Cece, Today is the last day of November, and on this day, I want to teach you about the Greek word eucharistia, which is translated as “thankfulness” or “gratitude.” Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday, but the act of thanksgiving is much, much older. Our theology will tell you that thanksgiving is the first…
Dear Lizzy, It has taken me several weeks to work up the courage to write this letter, and it has proved even harder than I feared. I have been comparing Cecilia with you since she was born and even more so upon learning of her diagnosis. I have been trying to replicate experiences which you…
February 7, 2021 Dear Lizzy, It’s been snowing a lot this winter. This morning, Cece and I awoke to the hushed weight of snow blanketing the skylight above our bed. I opened the window blinds and the trees were dusted in snow everywhere you looked. There’s nothing like the feeling in your throat and your…