The Wink

Bully

I don’t think I’d be making myself out as being terribly unique if I shared that I struggle with abusive behavior. We all do, right? No one likes people who are mean, duplicitous or unpredictable. It’s tough to know when to let it roll off your back and when to stand your ground. Which idiot [...]

Getaway. Check.

We slipped out of town, with the girls and my parents, for 48 hours in NYC. Part way there Briar whispered: “Oh, I don’t want this to ever end.” My soul is beaming.

Emerging

This was last week: A harried just-before-closing trip to the pediatrician revealed that it was just a cold. I’ll be honest, there is no “just a cold” with your last baby, even though she isn’t really a baby anymore. There is no “just a cold” when the margins are so whisper thing at home and work. [...]

Poetry of Love

It’s a day of clichés, melancholy and forgetfulness. I’m pretty ambivalent about Valentine’s Day, but if it gives us a chance to consider love, then I tip to the side of liking it. Here are a few things I’ve learned over the last few years. Love is working at seeing eye to eye. Love is taking the [...]

Looking Back

I’ve been not wanting to get sucked into the fray, whether it’s politics, celebrity death or social media missteps. It got me to thinking that what really matters is what is closer to home. I can’t influence any of the other things unless I start at home. Am I being kind? Am I being honest? Is the direction [...]

Chase for the Cure

There’s been a lot in the news about the Komen/Planned Parenthood debacle. I am not going to go in to any of the political issues, I think there is enough of that out there. I think the thing we should all take away from this is quite plain: Have a hand in it. Whatever your *it* [...]

Can’t Not

About 2 months ago Finley gave up nightgowns. Flowers, princesses, long, short, old, new, made no difference, she wanted nothing to do with them. I wouldn’t make a huge deal out of this except that it coincided with the height of her insistence that she didn’t need a diaper at night (she did. Again and [...]