My violin student recently asked me, “Don’t you get bored all day just sitting around doing nothing?” Of course I was totally insulted and replied, “I don’t sit…
Last weekend, when I was with my family at Disney World (we live nearby), the stroller’s “one-handed fold” mechanism (ONE-HANDED MY ASS) jammed as I was trying to…
I remember vividly how, as a freshman in high school, I was overcome with awe the first time I walked into a school pep rally. It was so… raucous—but, you…
I didn’t even think I had any New Year’s Resolutions. I was like, “I am totally happy with myself. I don’t want to change a thing!” But after…
Oprah used to say that your home should “rise up to greet you.” Isn’t that a nice sentiment? It does feel good to walk into (or stay at…
A couple of weekends ago, my husband and I took the kids tent camping for the first time. I honestly never thought I would go camping, ever, mainly because…