by Lissa Rankin | Dec 13, 2012 | Relationships
“Mama! Mama! Come quick! You’ve gotta see this.” The sun is barely rising, but Siena nudges me awake and drags me out of bed, holding my hand and guiding me down the stairs. Out the front door we go, where I see the gardener, up early and cutting overgrown grass with...
by Lissa Rankin | May 3, 2012 | Relationships
I was only seven when my parents hired a chimney sweep to wipe out the cobwebs on our brick flue. They didn’t expect him to stumble into a nest of four baby squirrels so tiny they had veiny, bluish, hairless skin and fused eyes. The chimney sweep brought the nest of...
