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Dear Woman on Pilates Equipment Across from Me Yesterday: You have a rip in your yoga pants. A BIG one. While I applaud your efforts to get in shape at the age of 50-something, I do not need to know anything about you. I am only here to workout and get my banging abs and [...]

This is my favorite picture of Husband. This is how he looked when I met him. Long hair (it’s short in this pic), broad shoulders, athletic to a fault, bedroom eyes, tanned from every outdoor activity he could get involved in, a little scruffy, a little dirty and completely having a great time in that [...]

Today, like most days this summer, I took The Swimmy to Day Camp at our local Jewish Community Center. Along the way I was bombarded with stories about Dance Camp and Jazz Hands and the latest Backyardigans episode. But even through thousands upon thousands of words and ideas are exiting her mouth, she can still [...]

The Swimmy came bounding into our room this morning fully of grins and sleepy eyes and simultaneously leaped on our bed and announced, “Mommy! I have two loose teeth! Right here on the bottom! Seeeee???!!!” My heart sank. I’ve been dreading this for months. The naturally planned destruction of her beautiful smile. I’m ready for [...]

So, this penis thing? Not so into it. First off, it’s confusing. I don’t know how it works, I don’t relate to it and I have no idea it could, itself, have issues. And I certainly never knew that said area could be SO VERY SENSITIVE on a wee almost-one-year-old that even the, ahem, adjoining [...]

Dear Woman Who Just Left This Bathroom Stall Thank you, Maggie…from all of us.

Happy 4th to everyone – may you enjoy all the watermelon, hot dogs, backyard barbecues, swimming and fireworks! (‘Cause they’ve all been cancelled here due to rain. I shall live vicariously through you – sans mosquitos and drunk relatives.) In other news worthy of fireworks… Benjamin took his first independent, Oh-My-G-d-Look-What-I-Just-Did kind of steps. We [...]

Well, we’re back and a good time was held by all. We survived shoving 4 adults, a six-year old and an 11-month old into a 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo and have minimal scars to show for it. The weather was great and we only got a little rain the last day – where we [...]