From the Book - First edition.
Waiting on a heartbeat --
"It's all in your head" --
Trying to light a candle in the wind --
When people say "we have made it through worse before" --
In the grocery store you are wrapped tightly onto my chest --
Ode to the electric baby swing --
Ode to the infant hiccup --
Ode to the first smile --
For Willie Francis, the first known person to survive an execution by electric chair, 1946 --
The New York Times reports that 200 civilians have just been killed by U.S. military air strikes --
This is an incomprehensive list of all the reasons I know I married the right person --
And the world keeps spinning --
At the Superdome after the storm has passed --
It is Halloween night and you are dressed as a hot dog --
When we took you to the beach for the first time --
For your first birthday --
When we told you another baby was coming --
I am looking at a photo --
The first time I saw my grandfather cry --
After the storm they attempted to identify the bodies --
For the doctor's records --
For the doctor's records, follow-up --
We see another school shooting on the news --
This year was the first year I could not remember your voice --
Ode to the double stroller --
Zoom school with a toddler --
In the ocean there is a small jellyfish --
You ask me what sounds a giraffe makes --
Yesterday afternoon I took you to the park --
The most remarkable thing about dinosaurs --
The andromeda galaxy is the closest galaxy to our Milky Way --
Ode to those first fifteen minutes after the kids are finally asleep --
When standing in a cabin at the Whitney plantation --
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