lice Archive

  • Delousing the Kids

    This beautiful poem was written by my dear friend, Dayna Patterson, after patiently listening to me whine about our 2010 lice-capade.   It will be published later this year in a chapbook called Mothering.   Dayna has another chapbook that was published recently called Loose […]

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  • An Unlikely Prayer of Thanksgiving

    Last summer, Brent and Stuart went to get a haircut. While there, the stylist discovered that Stuart had lice (gasp!). We soon discovered that Marin also had it (double gasp!). Kennedy managed to escape unscathed. From my perspective growing up, it seemed like the only […]

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