This past week my oldest friend Lisa shared with me the following story: Both of her daughters are enjoying sleep away camp this summer. They are gone for several weeks and during the mid-point visiting day, Lisa, in her enthusiasm to see her children (and display the impressive fitness prowess she has achieved during the [...]
Last Monday, I was privileged to be called for jury duty in my local municipality. The summons was straightforward, explaining the mandatory nature of service and offering instructions on how to complete the forms and find the courthouse. But after completing my one day /one trial obligation, I think an even great service can [...]
I have just hung up the phone from my fourth conference call of the day and am getting hungry for lunch, when Chase emerges from his third floor bedroom and stands in the doorway to my office with pillow marks still on his face and that glassy blank stare suggesting that his REM cycle ended [...]
There comes a point in your child’s development when having one of their friends over shifts for parents from a burden to a blessing. For my boys, at around age 7, a play date no longer meant that we had to entertain for two, invent or negotiate activities, or remind our young guests to use [...]
Last Thursday, I found myself sitting in a chair across from my Miriam, my hair stylist, chatting her up as she snipped away at Chase’s ridiculously long locks. It had gotten to the point when I could no longer see his eyes, and most of his nose, so there we were. As she moved around [...]
IT’S A GREEEEEATTTTTT MORNING FOR SKINNNNNNNY DIPPPPPPPPPPPPING!!!! I open one eye. The other one is still caked shut with sleep. My froggy voice can barely croak out, “What time is it?” The answer comes from directly below me: “5:25 a.m. I think. F–K” The raucous continues right outside the bedroom [...]
Tuesday night I was curled up on the sofa having gotten sucked into the evil vortex of Dance Moms when Dave came home from his beer dinner. I should have been packing for our imminent trip to Rhode Island to celebrate my in-laws 50th wedding anniversary but somehow I had not moved – and had [...]
I usually carve out at least 30 minutes to buy greeting cards for people who matter to me. I truly delight in finding the perfect card for family members and friends and such a commitment takes a creepy amount of time. This Father’s Day was no exception – except my selection took way longer than [...]
Last year we switched swim clubs. We left behind a perfectly lovely facility where most of our friends spent their summer afternoons to travel across town to a new club where we know virtually no one. And while our new swim club has a more robust snack bar (according to me) and a much better [...]
I have seen my future and in it I am wearing beige. It is always a bit disconcerting when you discover that the stereotypes which you have dismissed as pure folklore are rooted in actual truth. This was the case this past weekend when Noah attended his first official school dance with a date. In [...]
