I don’t think I ever fully realized the scope of this country I live in, the grandeur of the spacious skies and purple mountain majesties that were only mindlessly sung in a song or displayed on my 13″ laptop screen.
Parenting
The Strength to Celebrate
Sometimes you need a lot of strength just to have a celebration. I’m not just talking about the strength to label 250 seating cards and design shirts and shlep boxes. I’m talking about the strength to decide to celebrate even when you sometimes don’t want to.
You’re Not Going to Find Anyone With the Hiccups in This Place
It took me over twenty years before I tried out Halloween Horror Nights and I left wondering why I waited that long.
Illness and the English Language – A Guest Post
We alone know that “grueling” reaches a whole new level when it is associated with a ten-hour surgery to extract a brain tumor, and that “waiting,” a word usually associated with boredom, is in fact the most painful word in the English language.
“It’s a ceremony!”
It’s the season of graduations and my newsfeed is filled with caps and gowns and diplomas. This year, I had two kids doing the Pomp and Circumstance walk. One was graduating high school and the other finishing middle school. They… Read More ›
For My Daughter, On Her 18th Birthday
By: Her Mom (Which in no way makes this biased, one sided, or otherwise subjective, and should in no way slight any of my other kids who will turn 18 one day too. Now you all have something to look… Read More ›
Off To Camp!
The bags are packed. The duffels have shipped. The stationary and envelopes have been carefully organized and pre-stamped. My daughter is leaving to sleep-away camp. It’s her first time going, but not my first time sending a kid away for… Read More ›
Disney World Truths
I just came back from a family vacation in Disney World. I love going to Disney World. I love walking up Main Street, USA. I love the smell of the carmel apples on the corner. I love the smiling, perpetually… Read More ›
It’s the space station! Again. And again.
Last week, the International Space Station passed over my house at 6:30 in the morning. It didn’t cause any loud sonic boom, or disrupt cable or cell phone service. It was just a tiny speck, looking unremarkably like all the… Read More ›
Sign here for your phone, dear.
My teenage daughter was up for an upgrade on her phone and like every other kid in her class, she wanted the iPhone. Why not, right? It cost the same as the other phones in the store and she had… Read More ›