September 11, 2023 When you look back on 9/11/2001, what do you remember? I’ve never written about 9/11 in any meaningful way on this blog. I mentioned it briefly in my post about the time I interviewed…
September 6, 2023 Motherhood is hard. Moms rock. Blast from the past: This post was originally published in February 2012. How adorable that I thought motherhood was hard back then, when I…
August 28, 2023 We gained two amazing daughters thanks to Youth For Understanding (YFU) I’ve written many stories here about our year with our beautiful Thai daughter Napa. She came to us through the Youth for Understanding (YFU)…
August 26, 2023 How to turn a 1,000-mile road trip into an epic adventure Have you ever taken a girls’ trip with your best friend? It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. I honestly haven’t…
August 14, 2023 Long live Pee-wee Herman, who normalized being weird and silly When the news of Paul Reubens’ death broke last month, I felt sad and nostalgic the way I do when any GenX icon passes….
August 12, 2023 My heart breaks for beautiful Maui Long-time readers of this blog know that our family loves the magical island of Maui. E and I spent our babymoon in Maui –…
August 9, 2023 Learn to play an instrument at Lewis Center Musicologie We’ve embarked on several fun new adventures already this summer. We took a family trip to Kauai. Z has been petsitting a ton in…
August 5, 2023 People don’t realize that Jet’s makes great calzones I’ve already written about my love of Italian bread and cheese sculpted into a slinky stromboli. Truly, bread and cheese in pretty much any…
July 29, 2023 This is THE monologue from 2023’s Barbie movie There is one moment in the new Barbie movie that is impossible to forget. It’s when America Ferrara’s character, Gloria – aka the mom…
July 19, 2023 Three spectacular naps I look forward to I spent most of my life not thinking much about sleep. I was an easy sleeper for decades. I just went to bed, put…
