The first request came two weeks ago. My friend from
university wrote in our group chat that her daughter’s middle school choir was
hosting a fundraiser. (Wait! Didn’t school just start?)
She informed us – or...
‘Tis the season for heart-shaped lockets, bouquets of lillies, sappy cards, and supper out at a restaurant. That’s right, boys and girls – we’re right in the thick of Mother’s Day season.
(Disclaimer: Dads are great. I have an awesome...
The world is divided into two types of people: those who awaken before sunrise, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, and those who stay up late at night. One group will never understand the other, and getting such contrasting biological clocks to...
We all know “that person” – the one with no filter, who jumps at the chance to share their opinions in mixed company, regardless of how unpopular those opinions might be.
Everyone knows someone like that. He’s the guy at...
The end of our Florida vacation was just as activity-packed as the beginning.
Everyone told us to budget an entire day at each park, but the Express Passes allowed us to get through them in about six hours as opposed...
What people wear and why it matters are not topics in my wheelhouse, but I’m going to talk about them anyway to point out how fads are malleable and, like politics, depend on who’s in power.
In other words, a...
We need to talk about parking.
I will confess: I used to be a “curb parker.” An “I’m only going in for one second, so I’ll pull up and just run in and out right quick” parker. I may even...
When I was in university, I walked into my apartment one night after work and my oldest son, just a baby at the time, was asleep for the night. I was going to school full time and working six...
As we spend more time on-line and learn to measure our worth by “Likes” and “Followers,” our young people (and the not-so-young rest of us) are developing a skewed view of life.
Memes are some of the wittiest, most hilarious,...
It takes but a quick glance at the news to find more proof (as if we needed it) that our dependence on technology is overwhelming and our addiction to social media can be potentially toxic.
Prenuptial agreements with a social...