Month: October 2012

October 30, 2012 Anna Birch

“Mama, you’ve got to see this.” We took the wonderful opportunity to camp out on our property with another family last month.  The hammocks were hung and we all climbed in to our cocoons for the night. It was still dark when my daughter appeared next to me and climbed in to try to sleep…

October 11, 2012 Anna Birch

  A few short months before my dad died, he gave me one of the greatest gifts I’ve ever received. During a conversation we shared a decade ago, he said eight words that will be with me forever. He said, “I want to be you when I grow up.” Just last week, in a conversation…