Colombian Families, Bercaws & a Brand New Twin

Dears, Today, the New York Times ran an excellent piece about how the brain begins to deteriorate years before a person shows signs of dementia. Click here to read full story. The news involves my beloved (albeit heretofore unmet) soul mates in Colombia–an extended family ravaged by early-onset Alzheimer’s. And the research about them is…

Waiting for Beckett, not Godot

Dears, I want to introduce you to someone: Beckett Moses Edward Nicholls. At one week of age, he’s already brilliant and beautiful. And he is loved to his core. Um, what is his core? I don’t know. Just trust me that he’s loved to a deep place and beyond. I held Beckett the day after…

Picture This

Dears, This is one of my favorite memories of my father: Driving around Kenya with me at the wheel and Beau with his head stuck out of the roof. Poor Nora was in the backseat with all the luggage and the pile of sheepskin Beau had purchased at the side of the road. He thought…