I envy friends who can drop their kids off at Grandma's house for a weekend. Having lived away from family for my entire marriage and parenting years, I've never had …
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When I was young, I used to lie in bed at night and pray for my future husband. I was enamored with the knowledge that the boy I'd marry was …
Any horse owner will tell you that horses are forever trying to kill themselves. Mine is no exception. Last month Gem was slammed against the gate latch in a multi-horse attempt …
One month ago I was discouraged. I was trying to plan a summer trip to some sort of national park and was coming up short. Never having taken a family vacation outside of …
When I learned that my friend's newborn son was in critical condition, I had every confidence that he would be ok. Maybe I was being blindly naive, but in my …
If there is one toy in our house that enjoys idol status, it is the Bakugans. For those of you unfamiliar, they are little transformer-like spheres that morph into monsters …
Grandma Rose's worn, white farmhouse was nothing fancy. When visiting you were just as likely to see a turtle she'd trapped dangling from a tree as you were a fresh …
I have a friend with this habit of thrusting me into awkward situations. I never know when I'll have a surprise meeting with a stranger, meet five random people at dinner or be …
My high school voice teacher once chose a particularly challenging piece for me to sing in competition. Bernstein's I Hate Music is a series of five songs sung from the …
I remember when pop culture magazines started touting headlines that forty is the new thirty. Still in my twenties, I'd smirk at Courtney Cox smiling on the glossy cover and think, …
