Yesterday I placed an emergency call to my friend Ali because I needed a stat family picture for my husband’s new employer. Incidentally, only a very selfless friend would ask a full-term pregnant mother to drop everything, pack up her […]
We are the kind of family that lets our grocery supply dwindle to crumbs before we hit the store. This can make meal time an exercise in both creativity and negotiation. “Hey kids! How about some PB & crystallized honey […]
Once upon a time a boy and a girl met. They fell in love. They got married and moved to a state five to ten hours away from family thereby relegating themselves to a life of road trips. Idiots. Yes, […]
Kids have birthdays every year. This reality comes as no surprise to most parents. For whatever reason I am caught off guard each time a birthday rolls around. Last week we received a cute hand written invite to a birthday […]
I love my siblings. They are some of my favorite people in the world. These are the first people I call when I need to talk or cry or laugh. I realize this is not the case for some people. […]
Confession: In high school I had a few mishaps and run-ins with authority. I specifically recall the time I got busted for TP-ing by the local police. I wasn’t caught red handed but they had a hunch that it was me and […]
This weekend my son had a swim meet. If you don’t have kids in swimming, let me fill you in on what meets are like. They are chaos. They are loud. They are eternally long. You sit the entire day […]