This is the earliest digital photo I have of Jaycie. From my best guess this was taken in the summer of 2000, right after I got my very first digital camera. She was three and…
Posts tagged Jaycie
A chat about rejection
Sunday night, over Instant Messenger, I helped my ten-year-old niece Jaycie with a writing project. She was working on her application to be a reporter for her elementary school’s newspaper. I’m still a little surprised…
American girls
I was stunned by the sheer amount of giggling. It was like a wall of giggles. Phil Spector would have been impressed. The last time I had seen the Shakopee Town Square Theater so crowded…
Literary discussions with Max, age 9
Jaycie and Max spent the night last night because none of us wanted to get up before 7 a.m., and today is the last day that I’ll be babysitting them this summer. Sunday they leave…