All you need is love…
There’s something I haven’t told you. I’m not sure how I’ve hid it from you for so long. I’m in love with a Muppet. Actually, I’m obsessed with all Muppets. It’s been a lifelong affair. I’ve been hooked since I was a wee tot. As a firstborn child of the 80’s, Sesame Street was my …
Continue reading Me Bert. You Ernie. A Bromance that Looks A Lot Like My Romance
No, I’m not a teen mom, but sometimes it feels pretty close. Should I have waited for later love?
Winded, I look up to see I just got tossed by a 12 year old girl with an athletic build on her way to the “free candy” table at my industry conference. Instinctively I think, I wish my kids were here with me. But really, I don’t. For a moment, I think, I really miss …
In recognition of this holy but not entirely secular day of romance, I am going to draft a new love letter. To myself.
They say women apologize too much. Not this one! I was six months pregnant when I was the matron of honor at my sister's wedding. Maybe it was the hormones. Maybe people assumed I was kidding. But I took my role of toast mistress seriously. I put it all out there. There were no giggles …
Continue reading Hard To Say I’m Sorry and Other Songs of Apologies
Of course, we ALWAYS leave room for dessert... During the week, we are buried by demands and commitments, both our own and our children's. There's work, school, extra-curricular activities, birthday parties, the social calendar, the family engagements. The calendar is kicking our keister. There is no time, both literally and figuratively. We simply don't have …
Continue reading Make Room for Daddy: Why Date Night Is a Great Night
Hey you. It's me, you. Writing after a long weekend away with Gull. An opportunity that doesn't come often anymore because once you had that third kid, all the willing babysitters who used to trip over themselves to help disappeared. The job became too big, the ask became simply too much. But how could they …
It's Valentine's Day. We had big plans. But then we remembered- we have 3 kids and 2 respective careers. Our romantic evening plan of dinner at our favorite NYC restaurant was scrapped for tag team extra-curricular shuttling, and maybe a quick bite of Thai take-out in between. I'll be passed out in Sparrow's bed by 9:30pm. …
Continue reading The Other Woman In My Marriage And How She Improved My Life
My first attempt at a #DailyPost. Go easy on me. Ten years is a long time. Like, a whole DECADE. Ten years of my life married to the same guy. Living in the same house (ok, a handful of homes, but always together). Sleeping in the same bed (oh, the snoring!). Ten years of (mostly) …
It's January, which means it's Awards Season! I love movies and red carpet glam as much as the next girl. But who has time for any of it anymore? The only films we get to see are animated and populated by lost fish or glittery trolls or singing barn animals, and the Red Carpet specials are …
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