Dear Evan and Lulu, The best part of my job is going into classrooms and getting to be with children. It reminds me of how exciting it is to spend your days at school. The little things students look forward to: librarian visits, and the big things that they talk, think, and dream about for weeks in advance: readings of
Read moreDear Evan and Lulu, Last night I got dressed up for the one event of the year that I bother to brush my hair for. Once a year I squeeze into a dress, wear shoes that pinch my toes, and pose for ridiculous photos with Mike and our friends at an annual holiday party. This year I looked forward to
Read more“I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.” ― E.B. White Dear Evan and Lulu, Sometimes I worry that when you are old enough to actually read these letters you are going to roll your eyes and storm out of the room, disgusted that all I’ve managed to capture of your childhood are words strewn together with
Read moreDear Evan and Lulu, My friend Natalie refers to the two of you as little Riot Grrrls. I love it. I never knew what Riot Grrrls were until it was too late. I grew up in North Idaho, the land of Carharts, country music, clogging and cowboy boots. I’ve become attached to cowboy boots in my later years but
Read moreDear Evan, When you were younger you were full of spunk, of sass, and above all confidence. You didn’t just think you could, but you KNEW you could drive a car, start school earlier, and cook us dinner if we would only let you try. You still have just as much spunk and sass but lately I’ve noticed your confidence
Read moreI have NO idea who to attribute this picture to. It was all over the internet and I can’t find an original source. This librarian apologizes. Dear Evan and Lulu, Last night your dad was on national television wearing a gigantic cheese grater on his head. Multiple times. As silly as this might sound he had dreamed about this moment
Read moreDear Evan and Lulu, There are so many things you are good at. Too many things to even list them all. Lulu could walk into a packed gymnasium and perform an impromptu one-child show that would keep people entertained for hours. Evan could sell them all their tickets, create a seating chart for them and sort them into a pattern
Read morePhoto used with Creative Commons license from user http://www.flickr.com/photos/rbowen/ Dear Evan and Lulu, I was 16 years old the first time I made a deal with the devil. I was standing in my parents’ bathroom and the devil was lying on the floor motionless and calling out to me. It was peach colored and looked as if it had once
Read moreDear Evan and Lulu, One year from tomorrow I will stand in this spot and take vows that have been in the works since two years ago when Mike and I first met. We will marry three years from the anniversary that we started. You aren’t quite old enough to know what a year is yet. The only way to
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Dear Evan and Lulu, I spent a lot of my life waiting. It started at a very young age. One of my front teeth was stained the color of tea that had steeped too long. It was the result of fevers or antibiotics I had received when I was very little. It started showing up when I was about 7
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