I have two daughters, born twenty-two months apart. Being so close in age, they share activities, schools, sports teams and clubs. It doesn’t take long for their teachers…
I’m decidedly not one to freak out about all this virus-pandemic-end-of-the-world-disease discussion, but I must admit that on one sleepless night this week, as I tossed and turned…
I was late to Max’s birthday party. Like, really late. It remains a mystery how I came to be almost 2 hours overdue to a 2-hour-long event, but my…
There are three constants in life here in North America: death, taxes, and the weekly forced march to the f’ing grocery store. By some great cosmic mystery, grocery…
Dear parents of peanut butter loving kids, Mmmmm, I love peanut butter too. My favorite breakfast is peanut butter toast; I like to cut a banana up and…
He’s fifteen now. He’s taking Driver’s Ed, and he’s captain of the track team. He plays basketball, goes to summer camp, and has a wicked sense of humor.…
I am a high school teacher. A coach. And a fellow parent. So that makes me kind of a big deal when it comes teenagers. Here are a…
I knew my breaking point was coming last year. I could sense it; I could the cracks starting to form and I could feel myself crumble bit by…
Dear Mr. President, The more I listen to you speak about how you are going to handle the opioid epidemic that continues to plague our country, the more…
The list of heartbreaking things in our world is pretty damn long right now. It’s easy to feel depressed when we dwell on topics like gun violence, racial…