
The Birthday Blues
Tomorrow the inevitable happens, I turn a year older. My daughter wanted to know if I was excited for the big day. “Yes,” I lied.

Practice Makes Perfect
I read the funniest article that had me in tears on the commute home today. I’m not normally one of those laugh out loud people,

Almost Losing My Husband Helped Me Find a Piece of Myself
January 10, 2010 is a day I’ll never forget. My life was forever changed when my young, fit, and healthy husband suffered a near-fatal brain
We Need Love Now More Than Ever
My husband sent me a link this afternoon with news of the Boston Marathon bombing. I felt complete horror as the realization hit me that

Love at First Sight
As I began working on my novel, I started to think about how my characters would feel about various concepts such as fate and love
It's too soon for the birds & the bees
A few weeks ago I was putting my five-year old daughter, Madison, to bed and she started asking me a series of questions. We ended