Sophie had her annual well-check yesterday. It was blissfully uneventful. She is still in the third percentile for both height and weight, she caught air when she was asked to jump up and down, and no one even mentioned her twice-mended heart — though the pediatrician did give it an extra-long listen. As he turned […]

This morning an errand took me to the Broadmor school office. Sophie’s old school. I hadn’t pulled up to the school since her last day, and I wondered if I’d get emotional. There they were, just as we’d left them, the office staff and our beloved principal. He insisted on a hug even though I […]

  Yesterday was Sophie’s first ballet class with a new teacher — her grandmother. The nanny took her, but I snuck out of work early and hid in the hallway of the ballet studio, barely peeking my head above the observation window to catch a glimpse. Despite my attempts, Sophie saw me immediately, smiled and […]