bye, bye kid. hello man.

Saturday night I had 5 oreos, a bite of chocolate cake and 4 chicken nuggets for dinner. I bought coco puffs for the first time in my life and watched chic movies like 27 Dresses and Christy. I’ve stayed up way too late with Monica, Rachel and Phoebe and spent...

an unlikely voice

The life of my grandfather was one of discontent. An often grumpy man, his days were filled with the sound of his own mumbled complaints muffled only by the mind-numbing applause of The Wheel of Fortune. It seemed there was little that pleased him.He smoked brown...

wanna win something?

My friends Melissa and Randy are are launching their business website for Rekoncile Design. Some of you know Randy, but you don’t know it yet. He is the talented craftsman who painted our cabinets black and installed the subway tile in our old kitchen. If you...

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This is how I prove to the world that I actually am a member of my own family, as I am always behind the camera and never in front of it. Behold, the self-portrait. See me?

unpacking treasure #4

I will be posting more about SheSpeaks in the days to come. Some of you have asked for more details on the conference and I would be ever so glad to share them with you. For now, I simply had to reveal another unpacking treasure, as it has been my traveling companion...