family

Apparently, I’m a Grinder . . .

11.18.2011

What stress? Oh, you mean the surprise-divorce, single-mother-works-with-people-who-steal stress followed by remarriage-to-blended-family thing?

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What Happens After Tomorrow? Imagining My Future

10.17.2011

Best case scenario: I maintain all my marbles (yes, this is the term we use in my family)I can remain in my home with a modicum of help….Perhaps, living as I do in the suburbs, I’ll shrivel up from loneliness and no one will ever know that I’ve taken to eating cat food.

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What Happens After Tomorrow? Planning for the Unplannable

09.19.2011

Some years passed and with time and age, my mother’s feelings about her financial security changed as well. She started to keep things close to her, to not want to throw away cracked cups and shirts that were somewhat shabby.

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Shopping for the Christmas Stockings…

08.18.2011

Even before Sondy willed the girls to me and I became their Jewish mother, we were creating extravagant Christmases together.

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For Father’s Day: One Man’s Memories

06.17.2011

In most of my memories, he is the shadow man. There, but not really there.

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Immortality and Christmas Lights

12.06.2010

Now everyone knows, men and women never agree on the amount or placement of tree lights, but every year I would optimistically forget this.

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Dancing to the Beat of A Deeper Drum

11.29.2010

I’m dancing to my own drummer these days. I’m still not wearing any more makeup than I did years ago. I write with an obvious lack of restraint and share unmentionable stories, all of which surely won’t endear me to the right kind of man.

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My Mother Called Today

11.22.2010

I’m sure she expected me to jump in the car and dash the eight hours down to get her a blasted purple cellular phone but, being the techno-savvy person I am, I suggested we sign on to her account to get her an upgrade.

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Jane’s World-Famous Award-Winning Best-Ever Pecan Pie

11.15.2010

6. Stir in the vanilla (did I mention that you should never ever use anything but Real Vanilla as the Imitation stuff tastes like shit and why would you want to spoil your cooking thusly?)

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Pretty, the second season

11.02.2010

Guilt-free sloshing in the barrel of kiddie beauty pageants with all the attendant political incorrectness you could ever hope for.

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