I can’t stop reading the headlines. Robin Williams is gone. It’s like losing a beloved uncle. I grew up with him, from Mork and Mindy to Aladdin to Good Will Hunting and beyond. It just blows my mind and hurts my heart. But the thing that gets me is that every headline says the same thing. “Robin Williams Dies from Apparent Suicide.” “Williams Commits Suicide.” Etc. Let’s call a spade […]

I recently had the opportunity to submit an essay for a show called Listen to Your Mother, in which writers are able to read their work on motherhood.  It’s an eclectic show and I would have loved to be part of it, but I was unable to go to my audition due to family circumstances for which I’m still trying to find the words to share with you.  The following […]

It has been a terrible, horrible, no good week. One of those weeks that makes you want to move to Australia. (Side note: when Big Boy was born I received a copy of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, and it has been one of my favorite books ever since. I think I see it more as parental inspiration than as a children’s book. Even as adults […]