From the Days of Pacing to the Greatest Joys
April 12, 2026 Dear Little Sophia, Where did the time go? Of course, it doesn’t make sense to ask you a question like that: you’ll read this in 18 or 14 years and you won’t feel the long gap between…
Category From the Days of Pacing to the Greatest Joys
Like the Labors of Hercules: The Birth of Sophia
January 13, 2026 Dear Sophia, At about 1:30am on January 10, early Saturday morning, your mom awoke me and said she thought her water might have broken. She tried a test swab but didn’t use it right, apparently, so we…
To Have a Child Late in Life Is a Joyful Act Pregnant With Sadness
February 11, 2026 Dear Sophia, I know I shouldn’t anthropomorphize you, but sometimes I think you are almost like a human and you know very well that you are on the changing table, and you wait until I finish tickling…
Changing, Swaddling, and Tender Nonsense
Wednesday January 14, 2026 Dear Sophia, We woke about three times last night and got you up. We consulted ChatGPT about whether to get you up when you were sleeping and it said yes if about two hours have gone…
“I’m Sorry She’s So White,” I Joke / You’re Such a Good Girl
January 13, 2026 Dear Sophia, You’ve got a tag on your foot, which I believe means you’re on parole. “Her heart rate is perfectly regular,” says the perfectly lovely pediatrician. I cried when I got my German cousin Fiona’s responses…
The Waiting Game, as So Many Journeys Converge
January 9, 2026 Dear Sophia, Got up a bit late, holding your mother, talking to her, feeling grateful to be with her. Everything happening now is because of her. I was feeling the feelings a moment ago, as I tried…