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The Bell Tolls for Critical Thinking
I can tell by the Recent Stories listed that this is a highly reputable news source. I had several ideas floating around in my head today regarding things I could write about tonight, but all of them...
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Hell…Swimsuit Shopping Be Thy Name
Me in the least disgusting option I tried on. Today I did something dangerously ill-advised. Against all better judgment, I went swimsuit shopping. This is a feat far more hazardous than being one of...
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An Open Letter to Ann Coulter
This is why social media is so important. It gives a voice to the misunderstood, the maligned, and the marginalized who get muffled by the sound bytes of those who consider themselves important. An...
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Into the Virtual Wastebasket I Go
I’m in there somewhere I have started writing this blog tonight no less than four times. Each entry has ended the same way. I select all the text, hit delete, and prepare to start again. I’m crumpling...
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When Words Won’t Suffice
Crested Butte, CO As 2012 comes to a close, I considered writing a reflective piece about what I am taking away from this year. But, I decided that this year was too incredible to summarize with words...
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Oh…The Things We Do For Our Kids
Little Luke with some of his menagerie The best part about parenting is discovering who your children are, what makes them tick, and what moves them. Joe is intellectual. He’s our serious, deep...
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High Hopes
The little reason I won’t be jumping out of a perfectly good this year. For my upcoming 45th birthday, I approached my family and told them I would like to skydive. My husband thinks I am crazy. My...
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To the woman who tutted at me using the disabled toilets…
Me:We need to do a better job understanding how little we understand about the lives of others. Originally posted on So Bad Ass: Dear lady who loudly tutted at me using the disabled loos, I know you...
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Grace Is
Can you spoy my beach-crazy son? I am sitting on Carmel Beach watching my almost 14-year-old son play at the water’s edge. His tic, a nervous hand flapping that is tied to his ADHD, is on high speed....
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Aging Is Not For Sissies
Celebrating 47 years I recently had the good fortune of marking 47 years off the calendar. After so many journeys around the sun, I’ve become much more adept at celebrating in a way that suits me....
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There Goes Summer
A summer tragedy Now that our sons are older and more independent, one of my true summer joys is a day lounging at our favorite local pool, the small one with the reclining loungers, the water slide,...
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What I Teach My Children About The Illusion of Security
They might have guns but we have flowers. Ever since the tragic events in Paris last Friday, my mind has been tempest tossed. Coming immediately on the heels of the deadliest bombing in Beirut in 25...
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The Book Without Pictures
Few things are as burdensome to a child with dyslexia as required reading. At least, this is what I have discerned over years of working with Luke and watching him battle with text. Because the only...
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It’ll Be Grrrreat!
Looks good on the outside So, a couple months ago we did this crazy thing. We bought a fixer upper that we plan to move into next spring, after we fix it up. At the time, I promised that I would blog...
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The Great Sausage Meltdown of 2015
Homemade pierogies frying in butterI am third-generation, full-blooded Polish-American. My great grandparents arrived here in the early 1900s and settled into a neighborhood with other Polish families...
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Even The Great Ones Die
Closest I ever got to David Bowie. Section E, Row 36, Seat 2 “It never even occurred to me that David Bowie *could* die.” ~Michael Ian Black Yesterday was a weird day for me. Like many people my age, I...
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Good Enough
Me and three of my favorite things The seven and a half years between when I turned 40 and today have been the best seven years of my life. They have not been the easiest. During this time, I learned...
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Ripping the Band Aid Off Slowly
Sunset over our big backyard We spent most of our weekend cleaning out the home we lived, loved, laughed, and lazed in for thirteen years as we witnessed the growth of our young boys. The home lists...
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To the woman who tutted at me using the disabled toilets…
We need to do a better job understanding how little we understand about the lives of others. So Bad Ass Dear lady who loudly tutted at me using the disabled loos, I know you saw me running in, with my...
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Ripping the Band Aid Off Slowly
Sunset over our big backyard We spent most of our weekend cleaning out the home we lived, loved, laughed, and lazed in for thirteen years as we witnessed the growth of our young boys. The home lists...
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