I’ve always loved Thanksgiving. It’s my favorite holiday. As a writer and blogger, I love writing about this time of year. In fact the very first essay I ever published was a piece I wrote a week before Thanksgiving on how I was grateful for the cat my husband and I had before we became parents, My Four Legged Mentor. This month alone I have written about Five Reasons I'm … [Read more...]
The Joy of Baking
For the last few years, my family and I have celebrated the first day of fall by making an apple pie.I’ll give all who need it a little time to laugh at this thought. OK. Let’s move on.Living in New York, and only five minutes from a family-owned apple orchard, most years apple gathering is no more complicated than getting the whole family into the minivan. No small feat, but … [Read more...]
Mommy Makes The World Go Round
In my fourteen years of being a mom, I’ve had my share of tough questions. The ones that induce the reddest blushes have to do with sex. What is sex? Do you and daddy have sex? When do you ever find the time to have sex? These are the tip of the iceberg in a long line of questions from my three kids that I’ve fielded over the years. Usually while we are all at the dinner … [Read more...]
A Day in the Life
I'm the mother of three amazing children. I married my best friend, and we live in the suburban neighborhood I grew up in. I even drive a minivan.On paper, we sound like a very ordinary family. Even if you set the paper aside, I still think we're pretty average.But every now and then I get smacked in the face with the reality that we're a little different. My oldest son Tom … [Read more...]
Spring Rewind
Well, the Easter eggs have been colored and eaten, the chocolate bunnies have been massacred, and another holiday is in the memory books.The time is going so fast now that I can't even seem to catch my breath anymore.Not only are my own children growing, but my niece and three nephews have the nerve to grow up right before my eyes as well. This was so apparent at my parents' … [Read more...]
