When my first son was little, I played with toys. I'd sit on the floor next to him and make the Little People talk to each other. They went to the doctor. They went to school. They ate family dinners together. I was always better at doing concrete things like building with blocks or playing... Continue Reading →
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? 