Courtenay Harris Bond

Lately, I have been feeling old and ruminating about my mortality — perhaps because I just turned 44 and learned that it was no longer ...

On frigid winter mornings before I had children, I remember sipping coffee in front of my kitchen window and watching neighborhood boys w ...

My oldest daughter, upon reaching the sophisticated age of 8, recently listed the top five things I do that embarrass her.  A ...

Although my family is arriving appallingly late to the “Frozen” scene, we seem to be making up for lost time at an exponentia ...

I recently received some holy water — a gift I fear I may not have properly appreciated — and, having left the jug on our porch to fr ...

A friend recently charmed me with a tale about wrapping up her Center City work day at the Macy’s Christmas Light Show, tipping her ...

Having contracted a cold that our three kids had recently been battling, I felt even less enthusiastic than usual this Thanksgiving about ...

A friend recently told me that if she had to choose an animal for extinction, she would definitely pick squirrels. After our recen ...

In recent months, my 7-year-old daughter has developed a curious habit of communicating with my husband and me via missive.   ...

Since becoming a parent and witnessing the intense rivalry between my three children, I am always surprised — and a bit envious — whe ...

From the time he was born at 4.2 pounds, five weeks early, now more than seven years ago, our son was a picky eater.  Told by ...

Shrouded in snow and adorned with sharp, fat icicles, our house is starting to resemble the Overlook, the isolated Colorado hotel in R ...