5:00pm, Friday, cira 1998...sunroof open, music blasting...sitting in traffic perhaps...but oh, it's the Friday commute home from work...and my shortest work commute was 50 minutes, but it always seemed to fly on a Friday.  The anticipation of spending two full days with my husband, relaxing, waking ... read more

It was 90 degrees in mid May and I found myself floundering...was it the heat?  Maybe the humidity?  I was cranky and hot and coming completely undone.  Maybe it was the impending summer-time and change of schedule that I hadn't put too much time into yet...wouldn't it be nice to not have a ... read more

Ok that may be pushing it, but it's not really that far off...it was actually kangaroos, but sure enough in a split second there was my 2 year old chasing a kangaroo...and someone yelling to get him out of there because they aren't too kind to strangers invading their space.  Blind terror...and I ... read more

My mom has this picture that she likes to talk about- my sister and I standing in Boston on a family vacation...I was 12/13 maybe and there I am in a big city carrying my baby doll.  Not just any baby doll, MY baby doll, she was the love of my childhood.  She was so life like, her head was even a ... read more

That song, over and over and over again.  From the depths of the house, the same song or two or three, over and over and over again.  If you are a parent of child who has been in a theater performance or any type of choral group I believe you can relate.  At first it's exciting as they start to ... read more