My Son’s Last Baseball Game

Every spring, a blog post I wrote ten years ago gets visited over and over, bringing back so many memories. My heart goes out to other parents out there trying to process the joy, the grief, the transition. I re-publish the post today in honor of my beloved son. Ten years after his last baseball…Read more My Son’s Last Baseball Game

Reflections on my son’s last baseball game

When my first-born, ball-obsessed son, Jacob, was a sweet-faced seven-year old, we signed him up for the local Little League team. Practices were held at a neighborhood park, and my husband and I enjoyed hanging out on the side-lines with our three younger children and other families. We couldn’t have guessed at the time it was…Read more Reflections on my son’s last baseball game