Mom Had Her Own Life

Found this casually discarded by itself on top of a bookshelf in the main reading room of the New York Public Library (the Stephen A. Schwarzman building to be specific). I am torn between thinking it’s sad that a mom couldn’t say this in person to her kids, it sounds like she abandoned them, and … Continued

New Childcare Technique

This sketch of an innovative new technique for quieting crying babies was found in a van after a day of summer camp in a North Shore suburb.

The Very Best I Could

My husband found this postcard crumpled up on the grass outside our house in the spring of 2000.

Mama Said

We were sitting down for dinner at a local Greek restaurant when my husband found this under the napkin dispenser on the dining table. We can’t help but try to imagine what would make a child write and hide this note. And mom is wrong– babies do indeed smile.