Is a fair weather fan better than no fan at all?
(Doesn’t that title remind you of something Carrie would start her column off with on Sex and The City? No? Just me? Ok then….) Although we live in Phillies country – we are Yankees fans all...
View ArticleI’m here for the fresh air….
My son loves playing baseball, football, basketball – we don’t know where he came from. Maybe there was a dormant athletic gene or something. Every Saturday morning, you’ll find us at his baseball...
View ArticleThe Incident
Insert “Law & Order” music….. 7:30pm. Thursday night. 8-year-old boy comes into the house sheepishly. Whispers in his mother’s ear to come out to the driveway. Mother, still traumatized by...
View ArticlePeace out 2012
It’s been a year hasn’t it? I won’t go into a list of resolutions (because I don’t have any) or tell you about the happy, tragic, ridiculous things that have happened in the world this year. You can...
View ArticleComedy of Errors without the Comedy
It was a simple plan. Friday night my son had soccer practice at 6:30. I was going to drop him off, watch a bit of practice and leave. My daughter and a friend had to go to a dance at 7:00. And by had...
View ArticleI only believe it happened because I was there
We were late for soccer again. Know why? Because my son’s thumb was stuck in a soda can. Why was he drinking a soda? Because I said no to him 4,999 times and I just didn’t feel like saying no anymore....
View ArticleWhat’s wrong?
I met my husband when I was 19. I’m not 19 anymore. Which means I’ve been with him for a very very very long time. We’ve grown-up together. Built a life together. He likes to say that he knows me...
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