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…
When my daughter Sammi was just over a year old, she had surgery to repair a congenital heart defect. After the worst of it was over and she…
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.…
Dear cherished, young adult children of mine, First off, stop laughing. I do know I’m technically no longer middle-aged. I’m well past it unless current life expectancy rises…
Last year was hard and not much seems to be changing as of yet in 2021! These past twelve months have taken the term overwhelmed to a whole…
Before tucking my three young children (ages 3, 6, and 8) into bed, I look through their bookshelf to find a bedtime story. My contacts sticking to my…
Yay! I get to leave this hell hole where the ice storm just killed most of my beautiful plants and trees, Where I spent the last four days…
“Well, it happened. You caught your pre-teen daughter in the middle of playing with some tarot cards. Or lighting candles with weird beads around them in her room.…