Hey Kid- Remember that scene in the movie Parenthood, when Steve Martin’s youngest, Justin, runs around the house with a bowl on his head, happy as a clam, dumb as a rock? It’s every... Read more >>

I was talking to a friend recently at a baby shower we both attended. While there, we were asked to share some pearls of wisdom with the expectant parents. After the fact, she and I (another invited... Read more >>

The current issue of ID (International Design) magazine has an article in which famous designers describe their favorite toy. Most picked items from their childhood. The write-ups are priceless.... Read more >>

I lost my dear mother and best friend to ovarian cancer a year and three months ago on a Friday afternoon. We had been through eleven months of shock and the process of caring for her. It was a... Read more >>

Has this ever happened to you? You wake up in the morning and not only do you not know where you are, you don’t know who you are. I kid you not, I woke up this morning and couldn’t figure... Read more >>

When I was in high school, we had something called kissing lines. They were bizarre, really, when I think back. The buzz went around school about where they would be happening—typically at a... Read more >>

I have a recurring dream ... sometimes it’s a daydream; sometimes it comes in the form of a nighttime dream. Every mother has had one, even if she won’t admit it. I’m living alone,... Read more >>

Funny thing is I know exactly when I became a Mom: summer of 2005 and then spring of 2008. But lately I really have started to ponder that question. When did I become a “Mom”? I mean... Read more >>

Being a former English major, and therefore, full-fledged member of the grammar police, the advent of texting and tweeting and social network pages has caused me much anxiety. Does anyone write in... Read more >>

My babies were birthed in a rhythmic pattern every couple of years. After the third boy, my husband bought a personalized license plate which read, “3 Sons,” and my childhood Barbie doll... Read more >>