Driving along the coast of Oahu seemed like the perfect time to ask. We would have no interruptions - no chance to change the subject. I had waited for so long to bring it up because I was afraid of the answer, but I knew that it was time to accept whatever his response would be. My heart beat fast, but I turned... Continue Reading →
One day last week when I picked up my daughter from preschool, I asked her who she played with. "Nobody," she answered, which is the same response she gives on most days. I asked her why, and like always, she said, "I already have a friend." One good friend - a little girl she's known for a couple of years and feels really... Continue Reading →
I felt sorry for the girl sitting to my left. Sure, she had scored a stellar venue for a first date: Fourth row from the field at a St. Louis Cardinals playoff game. But she couldn’t possibly have known when she accepted the invitation that for three hours of her life, she’d be in the... Continue Reading →
Within seconds of it being on the news, word spread fast that a guy who grew up at the same time and same place that I did just got busted for operating a meth lab in a Cahokia house. Comments about it were of course all over Facebook, but the one that stood out to me was something... Continue Reading →
As mean of a mom that I can be, I have to admit that I’m kind of a pushover. So last weekend at Walmart, when my son Alex picked up a kickball and asked if he could get it, I had “Yes” on the tip of my tongue. He would use it to stay active... Continue Reading →
Last month, a friend of mine came in town for a work conference and asked me to join her as a guest to the mid-week conference reception. Not only was I happy to be spending an evening with her; I was thrilled to be getting out of the house and heading into the "big city"; thrilled to be... Continue Reading →
Our first apartment was 900 square feet, and I LOVED it. I remember feeling giddy as the owner showed us around the two bedroom duplex, and then exclaiming "We'll take it!," totally clueless that he'd still have to run a credit check and compare us to other potential tenants. Luckily we got the place, and... Continue Reading →
I'll never forget the day a group of us moms stood outside of preschool, trying to decide where we'd go to play that day. I had hosted before, but only after I had had a week's notice, thus I had wiped every crumb off of the table, put every dish in the dishwasher, wiped toothpaste off... Continue Reading →
I just sat down here at my desk to get some work done, but as a little girl is chasing the puppy around the living room trying to get her doll back, and a little boy is yelling at me to adjust the shower for him because the water is too hot, and reminding me... Continue Reading →
Who Stole My Bon Bons? 