When I’m away from home I miss my son, my husband and our canine twins like a sail misses the wind. I look forward to our reunion, to hugs and kisses and to catching up on all the details left absent from our intermittent phone calls. But I have a secret.

People tend to tell me things. Lots of things. Sometimes inappropriate things. It’s called OVER SHARING and It has nothing to do with whether or not I’m a nice person; it’s because I’m a trained listener. Yes, I’m serious. When you’ve spent lots of time interviewing people you tend to develop this weird all-ears [...]

Several years ago a dear friend drew this for me. I was going through a rough patch with work, and we were still enveloped in our five-year battle with the fertility gods.

I was touched that she’d taken the time to illustrate what I look like in the morning, but wondered if she was peeking through [...]

I was one of those girls who couldn’t quite focus long enough to stay-the-path. Now that I’m all grown up, things haven’t changed. I’m easily bored and distracted. I’m really, really easily bored and distracted. Wait, what was I saying?
Oh yea—The boredom factor. I could potentially go through men like potato chips. As a teenager [...]

Have I told you this before? Have I told you how I really believe chocolate and coffee are the sixth and seventh food groups in the pyramid of must-consume dailies? Really people. I’m not joking here. This is serious stuff. It has nothing to do with living a longer life, but it has everything to [...]