The title of this post drew you in, didn’t it? You are wondering how this situation could possibly be? Because guys don’t have bad hair days, right? Sure there are days when their simple, cropped hair may be compromised by a cowlick or major hat head. But face it — the state of their hair [...]
Tonight marks the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Happy 5772 to everyone. The fact that the Jewish calendar is closing in on the 59th century while the secular calendar is way back at the 21st never fails to amuse my non-Jewish friends. (BTW – we aren’t suggesting that we have been here [...]
I have never been much of a joiner. Group activities make me nervous. When I am nervous things typically do not go well: I talk too loud and too much, I sweat through my shirt, one time I peed my pants in Cardio Kickboxing I just kind of lose control of myself. When Emma was [...]
I returned from my trip to San Francisco on Wednesday just in time for the 8th grade Back to School night at the middle school. After my flight and having a hefty glass of pinot noir, I was more than a little ornery so I surrendered myself to a seat in the auditorium and waited [...]
“Always make sure the Mom looks good.” – Rebecca Murphy, photographer and life coach This strategy for taking professional family portraits was one of my first indications of how brilliant my friend and fellow Tribe member Rebecca actually is. Her recognition that it is most often the Mom who decides which and how many photos [...]
I grew up in a family where respect was a big thing. You respected your elders because they were, you know, old. Policemen, doctors and priests were especially high up there on the respect totem pole. Maybe it because they all wore some kind of uniform- they just seemed more official than someone wearing jeans [...]
Yesterday afternoon, Chase marched into my office right after school with some urgent news. Mom! I need to make a kite for my project on Afghanistan! Great! Dad can help you. When is it due? Tomorrow. And therein lay the problem du jour. When it comes to homework assistance, the invisible hand has long been [...]
Dave and I are both looking intently at our youngest son. His condition is perplexing and finally I give life to my fears by asking aloud the question I have had for months: What do you think is WRONG with him? Dave shrugs. He shares my worry, but is equally stumped. Chase’s symptoms don’t add [...]
So I was SUPPOSED to be writing this blog post from the Feathered Pipe Ranch, a retreat center located in the heart of the Montana Rockies. For months I have been planning and prepping for this trip – a yoga teacher training with an awesome organization called Live Love Teach. I was scheduled to leave on [...]
Maybe it was the non-stop down pour and soggy air. Or the back-to-school organizational demands that competed mightily with back-to-Congress work load. Or the relentless cough that has rendered a week’s worth of sleepless nights and has my family looking into sanatorium options for me. No matter the cause. Last night I hit the wall [...]
