When I’m at the computer and Robin wants my attention, he’ll climb into my lap, place his hand at the side of my face, and turn my head away from the screen and towards himself. When he wants a cuddle, he’ll grab my hand and draw it firmly around himself.
I just think that’s really great, how at this stage he knows his own desires perfectly, and he expresses them in the most direct manner possible. He is so wholly without artifice.
I'm a writer and mom living in Oakland. This is my personal blog; I write about parenting, cooking, local issues, books, and anything else that's rattling around inside my head.
I am the author of The Millennial Sword, an urban fantasy novel set in San Francisco, and two read-aloud picture books for kids, The Big Booger Bubble and Gail Murphy and the Piskies.
My short fiction is included in the anthologies Fae, Love Hurts, and Speculative Story Bites:
