Note: I originally published this piece on Medium. . . . Before I had a daughter, I held close a daydream of putting wildflowers...

My plans for today: • Go to work, be on top of things, leave early. • Take Imogene to the children's museum, out to lunch, and to run...

A good place to go with an 18 month old: The apple orchard, or any other farm/orchard setting where you end up deep in (fairly structured...

I had a thing for the newspaper mid-day today (a day and time when I'm usually home with Imogene). Garret decided to take Imogene out to...

Today, 18 months and 23 days in, I had several moments where I felt overwhelmed by new (mundane, but somehow soul-challeging) parenting...