I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. As I lurched for the remote, my dinner... read more →
It is not every mom who can smile while reminiscing about her kid’s holiday projectile vomiting. I assure you that during those unfortunately timed episodes, my son Harry’s puke was... read more →
Cheers to you and an exciting New Year! On New Year’s mornings in hometown Milwaukee in the mid-nineties, my... read more →
My 30-something friend Greg told me that his 50-something friend Peter met a transvestite for the first... read more →
My tribute to moms honors one in particular. I’ve never met her. We’ve only corresponded online. She wrote to me... read more →
The rainbow wall of wigs in my son Harry's bedroom is definitely an eye-catcher. But it was the poster hanging above that furry cascade that seized my attention at his... read more →
I didn’t remember ever crying during the Olympics. But the 2014 Winter Games were a real doozy for me... read more →
It was in junior high that my son declared Valentine’s Day a “Hallmark holiday.” But before he felt manipulated by advertising, my Valentine's Days were filled with hearts of love.... read more →
While 33 straight and same-sex couples were married at the Grammys Sunday night, the Disney Channel made a little LGBTQ history of its own. Yep. The network introduced its first-ever... read more →
Four-year-old Harry walked out the front door barefoot, wearing a pink chambray skirt paired with a signature tie-dye t-shirt. “Can you fix this, Momma?” he asked, handing me a decapitated... read more →