Dear Elli, You turned fourteen this week, and you'll be off to high school next month.  I still don't really understand how the hell this...

Dear Elli, Last night in the car, a Bob Dylan song came on.  It's on my playlist not because I love Bob Dylan, but because Grandpa Gordon...

Dear Elli, This week, a tourism submarine imploded with five super-rich people on board.  They all died. I didn't pay a whole lot of...

Dear Elli, It's been almost a year since I last wrote you, and that's dumb.  I apologize.  I could say I've been busy and that's true,...

Dear Elli, You're the light of my life, and I can't imagine life without you.  That said, parenting stresses me the hell out.  It's the...

Dear Elli, I had one of the most amazing experiences of my life last night.  I saw Elton John in concert.  I know you don't care much...

Dear Elli, Your dad and I just celebrated our 18th Wedding Anniversary.  I've been married to him for as long as it takes to raise a kid...

Dear Elli, I've been thinking about something a lot lately.  Something that's been bothering the shit out of me.  It's this cultural...

Dear Elli, It's been awhile.  I know, I'm sorry.  It's been a crazy year. I just want to say right this very moment how proud I am of...

Dear Elli, Wow!  What a year we just finished. 2021 was a heart breaker.  Some years are like that.  It wasn't my first tough year, and...

Dear Elli, We've been going through Grandpa Gordon's stuff lately.  We're trying to get the house ready to sell, which let me tell you is...

Dear Elli This is a photo of your Great Grandma Edgecomb.  Grandpa Gordon's mom.  My grandma.  Gertrude Edgecomb, aka "Boots". I've seen...

Dear Elli, You looked at me dead in the eyes a couple weeks ago and said, "You process grief in a really weird way." I actually laughed...

Dear Elli, People say our loved ones come to us in our dreams.  To reassure us.  To let us know they are okay.  I don't know if I believe...

Dear Dad, Today is your 70th Birthday.  It's a damn shame you aren't here to celebrate, because I had really big party plans for you this...

Dear Michelle, The world lost a real one on New Year's Day.  My God.  Your mom was amazing.  So amazing.  She wasn't one in a million. ...

Dear Elli, Holy Mother of God, sweet baby Jesus in Heaven Happy New Year! I drank a very sizable margarita at dinner, did a shot of...

Dear Elli, Middle school sucks.  You're mean.  All of you are mean.  Awkward.  Weird.  Middle school kids. You and I talk.  Thank God. ...

Dear Elli, You came home from school today, set your bookbag down, pulled your mask off, smiled your most beautiful happy smile, and said...

Dear Elli, 2020 has been a shit year.  A total shitshow shit-a-rama shitfest.  It's been one ridiculously awful thing after another, all...