Ask Anything
I got an email from a 19-year-old nephew recently which started out with the unlikely statement, “I have some interesting questions concerning being a lesbian.”… Read more »
Beren deMotier
Birthday Season
We have no one to blame but ourselves. We knew what we were doing. And we were smart enough to do the math. We just weren’t optimistic that things were going to work out first time, twice… Read more »
All In The Family
My wife and I drove three hours each way yesterday to attend her grandfather’s 90th birthday celebration… Read more »
Foodies Took All The Joy Out Of Cooking
Within days of deciding that my spouse was “the one” a couple decades ago, I went out and bought The Joy of Cooking. It was like screaming to the rooftop—“I want to be this woman’s wife!” And since being a wife meant somewhere along the way I needed to provide… Read more »
Don’t Bait The Mama Bear
I was bonding with another mom from our younger son’s class awhile back and I confessed a guilty secret: I sometimes wish a stranger would make a rude remark about our son just so I could have the opportunity to lash out and release some of my pent up rage from all the remarks I’ve let pass… Read more »
Countdown To Summer
My kids are counting the days to summer vacation and telling me about it daily… Read more »