I’m planning a trip down to Florida to visit my 80-something parents. It was barely 7 AM when the phone rang. It was my mom’s daily “I’m just-checking-in”…
Seven years ago, when I was in my 20s living with my mom and my sister, I woke up one morning and came downstairs to find that the…
During the course of a normal day, I’ll hear the words, “You just don’t understand!” come out of my daughter’s mouth at least twice. Usually it’s accompanied by…
Your teenagers are okay. No really, they are. (Stop laughing.) How do I know? I am a teacher and over the past decade I have taught thousands of…
Sometime during the few days it took me to read Jennifer Weiner’s new novel That Summer, I woke up in the middle of the night with a simple…
January and June are the months I’m usually reaching the bottom of my Xanax bottle and calling the Dr. for a refill. Mid July hits and I find…
As bad as I feel for women experiencing the symptoms of menopause, my heart goes out even more to the men who have to live with them while…
For a couple of years now, my daughter has been adamant that she doesn’t want children. At first I was taken aback. Her siblings have Down syndrome, so…
The story broke last year, and yet the global Big Floss industrial complex would still have us believe flossing is a vital part of any oral hygiene regimen.…
I’ve recently had to face an implicit bias I’ve had for decades. I believed that being “good” meant weak, naive and docile; “evil” was strong, powerful and determined.…