I remember this time a year ago. I was so excited to meet my little girl. I wondered if she would be born on April 1st, her anticipated due date, or if she would make us wait it out. I couldn’t believe she hadn’t been born yet, I was certain [...]

I can feel some of my OCD-ish tendencies slipping away, slowly. I could feel it happen this week when my daughter came home with a button missing on her shoe. She had been with her grandparents all day at a Purim celebration in Marin. She came home with one of [...]

An old familiar foe of mine appeared on my doorstep this past week. Dressed in black, wearing a smile, or rather, a sneer. It walked right in plopped down on the couch and flipped on CNN. There I found myself held hostage to the television set as I sat transfixed [...]

The yellowish light that reads “MAINT REQ” (maintenance required) has been illuminated on my van’s dashboard for weeks now. I just haven’t had the time to take it in for the long overdue oil change. I had to laugh because I have been feeling a little “MAINT REQ” myself lately [...]

Lying has always come naturally to me especially when I was a kid. I used to steal in the first grade, which I think I mentioned in a previous blog post. I saw so many things that I wanted and I was afraid to ask for them and risk hearing [...]

All of my children are girls and I am terrified. I am terrified because I know how mean girls can be. I lived a life of teasing as a young girl and even as an adult have had experiences, some recently, with women that I would have rather not have [...]

Rocky, my baby, is over 10 months old now. I cannot believe it! The first baby in our playgroup just turned one and Rocky’s birthday is less than two months away. Where did the time go? Her top teeth have just emerged from her gums and she has discovered that [...]

Oh, Valentine’s Day, you are the king of greeting card holidays. A holiday, that when you are single, can be a painful reminder of your singleness. A holiday, for married people or people in relationships, can cause widespread panic over finding yourself in a last minute, way-too-long-line, buying heart-shaped boxes [...]

I’m sure you are all dying to find out how our trip to the snow went, aren’t you? I bet your on pins and needles, right? Well we are back from Tahoe and I feel like I am waiting on my report card. I have been left wondering if the [...]

I think it takes me longer to adjust to being home after a trip than it takes most people. I have been so tired this week and I am just finally catching up on my rest. It hasn’t helped that the baby has decided to wake up in the middle [...]