It’s hard to write everything down sometimes. The small promises you make. The hopes you list through your head on December 31. All of the habits you swear have seen their last days. It’s hard to write it all. So I did a photo collage for the new year. I’ll write more about this and […]
Author: Lisa
Letter: One Year Old
Dear Isaiah, I couldn’t write your year letter. I just couldn’t. There is/was something about “a year old” that I could just not muster the bravery to sit down and admit to myself that you are one year old. December 20, 2010. Your first birthday. You lived it just like any other day. You lived […]
On “Useful” Writing
Thanks, Maia.
Happy First Birthday, Isaiah!
Isaiah’s First Year from Lisa Factora-Borchers on Vimeo.
A Time to be Born, A Time to Die
December is a difficult month to grasp. It feels more like a concept than a month on the calendar. Setting aside holidays, it’s the time of year that buries the soul with questions and pauses that gently yank at you, “How will I remember this year?” It was the year I became a parent. It […]
Chopped
It may have been the massive snowstorm that hit Cleveland at 10am on Wednesday and didn’t stop until about 2am the next day. Nick was stranded on campus after his exam because traffic was not moving. His exam was finished at 12pm. He got home at 11:3pm that night. Which meant I was homebound with […]
Isaiah’s Book Club
Isaiah’s Book Club from Lisa Factora-Borchers on Vimeo.
World AIDS Day
Get your education on.
Three Sickos
Isaiah’s getting over a stuffy nose and cold. I woke up with a sore throat and slept the whole day. Nick went to bed a half hour ago reporting, “Man, I just feel like crap.” His descriptions are wondrously succinct. So, 1-2-3 sickheads in the house. And Isaiah is the healthiest one of us. Not […]