Pages, Stages, and Rages

My grandmother had a gift. Maybe a curse. She could attend a wedding, engagement party, even watch a couple who were dating and know, know...

Wednesday is Valentine's Day. My five year old has diligently written out 25 Valentines to everyone in her class. She also wrote one f...

I was excited when I went to sleep. I was hopefully going to get Hamilton tickets from a presale. Yes we have seen it but I wanted to see ...

I'm in California. Visiting my Aunt. It's so weird not to say "my aunt and uncle," but I lost my Uncle  a few weeks ago. ...

So here is some of the stuff that's been happening. 1) We went on the first full family road trip vacation with my little family of th...

We had a wonderful weekend. We truly did. It intersected the line between fun and productive. Lotus enjoyed it. As I was putting her to be...

So yesterday was Mother's day.  And after years of waiting and dreading this holiday I had a holiday with my beautiful Lotus. My fathe...

I think one of the biggest disconnects between people who are parents and people who aren't is the babysitter. Prior to Lotus whenever...

I need a hero! I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night... He's gotta be sure, and he's gotta be soon and he's...

I wasn't going to blog about this.  I really wasn't.  Or at least I wasn't until I figured out how I felt about it.  ...

I had a very nice birthday . I spent some time alone with D while Lotus was at daycare. I read a good book. We had dinner at Benihana ...

Lotus does not like taking naps. She fights them with all her strength--and often wins. But today. She's asleep. Cuddled next to her...

A while ago there was a brouhaha on the internet because someone said she loved her husband more than she loved her child. I remember going ...

Star Trek Deep Space Nine might be my favorite part of the Star Trek Franchise. I love the characters, how they rubbed each other the wrong ...