I love when people surprise you in an awesome way, and that happened to me this week. Last Saturday, we said goodbye to our dog Lucy, who we’ve had for fourteen years, since a few short months [...]
I was sitting in unexpected traffic yesterday on my way to pick my son up from camp. I’d already panicked when I realized I was probably going to be late and made plans to have my husband [...]
I did something I’ve never done before this summer: I set out on the summer with no goals. Nothing I planned to accomplish. Actually, that’s not entirely true. I had two goals: [...]
I’ll be honest—this has been a hard year for me. Between a child facing challenges (some of them involving sleep, which is really affecting me too), and multiple family members facing [...]
Fashion has always brought me joy. I remember a rainbow striped outfit that entailed a cardigan and overalls made out of the same rainbow-hued sweater material that brought me such [...]
Last weekend, Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski announced his retirement. I had been hoping he wouldn’t retire. He is and has been my eight year-old son’s favorite football player for [...]
When my husband and I were getting married and determining which costs it made sense to shell out for (as we were paying for our wedding ourselves), I had to use my lawyerly debate skills to [...]
My office has two huge glass doors, which I really love because even when I’m working, I can see the hills and water of Northern California from my desk. But lately, all I have had a [...]
When I was a freshman in high school, my English teacher used to have us do a free writing exercise where we wrote about “What I Live For.” I remember sitting in my standard issue hard [...]
Christmastime is my favorite. I love it so, so much. Though, when I was growing up, my mom insisted that we wait until Thanksgiving was finished before beginning Christmas festivities [...]
There was a Winter Family Sing-along at my son’s school this morning, and I did what I always do. I have this thing where I tend to shed tears almost every time I’m at an event at my kids’ [...]
Growing up, I hated nature. Living in the woods of New Hampshire by the time I was twelve, in a town with one (blinking) traffic light, I preferred staying indoors if at all possible; reading, [...]
