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a slice of gluten-free pizza

“Mama, do you want some pizza?” I’m bustling about the dining room, looking at baking books for ideas. Danny’s in the kitchen, cooking up something. This is what we do, the three of us, when we’re…

waiting with their light

It has been a rough week, hasn’t it? Are you feeling it too? There have been bombs flinging nails and pellets into the backs and legs of people standing at the finish line of the marathon,…

here it is.

We’ve been waiting quite awhile to share this with you. Two years, actually. Pregnancy and childbirth go faster than conceiving, creating, and bringing a cookbook to bookstore shelves. We don’t mind, though. We love this process.…

this looks good

In a few weeks, it will be eight years since I first heard that I could no longer eat gluten. A few weeks after that, I opened up a new page on Blogger, a program…

a love letter to her mama

You could never have convinced me, when I was 16, that I would one day be writing this piece. Of course, back then I had memorized the name and spelling of every muscle nerve and tendon…

whatever you worship

This weekend there was a wide green lawn with dozens and dozens of small children, delighting in finding the plastic pastel-colored eggs hidden in the grass. There was a buffet lunch with the family on…

the joy that awaits her

No parenting book tells you that your 4-year-old will crawl into your bed at 5 am, snuggle between the two of you to warm up her feet, and start singing louder than the birds. They…

this wacko place

In the last week, we visited a school Lu could attend next year. It’s set on 8 acres, has 2 goats, a flock of chickens bopping around the grass, a vegetable garden the kids grow…