Today is the sixth birthday of my most beloved Booba. In my whole life I never thought I could love a boy so much. So much that sometimes it actually physically hurts, like I can’t…
Posts tagged Maxwell
tiger is not, in fact, a scaredy cat
instead of hanging out at home all day drowning in the inevitable muck of a black sunday. i decided to go hang out with some of my favorite kidlings. see, max had called at about…
Among my people
Here are my people. The great unwashed, glistening with a thin sheen of grease from foods on a stick, the refuse to get out of your way and don’t even notice when their umbrellas come…
max asks about death
if this conversation between sister #2 and her son, max, doesn’t break your heart, you might already be dead.
interview with max
what’s your name? max how old are you? 04 are you 04? i’m 4, just 4 silly what’s your favorite animal? umm, i don’t know. you don’t have a favorite animal? i don’t know. what…
the music’s in me
yesterday at canterbury i was trying to teach max how to whistle. i’d purse my lips and whistle and then he’d try. “you’re blowing too hard,” i said. “jodigrody, do you have music in your…