We moms all make mistakes, feel guilty, or wish we’d done a thing or... read more →
My son and I flew into Milwaukee Saturday morning to attend the memorial service for my tiny fireball of a sister-in-law, Shirley. She was my son’s favorite in-town aunt, the... read more →
(This piece also appears on HuffPost.) “Where’re you headed?” the cabbie asked Harry, who glanced back at me from the front seat. “We’re going to Lucky Cheng’s Restaurant,” I said. Our... read more →
I admit it. I used to make fun of Tammy Faye Bakker. Her excessive eye make up seemed more befitting the flamboyant Muppet Show superstar Miss Piggy than the co-host... read more →
My call for you to share some of the comical things your toddlers said as they learned to master English drew some great responses. Tami sent in several kidspeak funnies:... read more →
My son made his world debut twenty-three years ago via triple E-section. (I had morphed during pregnancy from a petite, one-hundred-pound woman to a 150-pound inflatable of myself.) Shortly after... read more →
Waiting in the checkout line at my favorite garden center, I was entertained by a cute, curly-haired toddler in a white sundress. She stood behind me rocking back and forth... read more →
(This piece originally appeared on HuffPost.) According to two young girls selling lemonade on the corner of Fullerton and Lincoln in Chicago, their pink mix was “by far” more popular... read more →
While she may be a sell-out hit for young girls, I’m guessing the Mars Explorer Barbie released last week won’t be as exciting for the preschool boys-into-Barbie crew. The pink-trimmed... read more →
Turns out that my fave humorist David Sedaris is also a huge fan of RuPaul's Drag Race. At least that what he tells Mark Lawson in this fun interview on... read more →
