Last summer I did a segment for “Good Morning America” on sending your first child off to college. I canvassed friends and strangers for their best advice and got an overwhelming response. The end result was really more of a video diary. My college bound son forbid me to put him on camera, so I documented the parent’s end of it; the shopping, ...
Browsing Category:
Family
A man died not long ago in our town. He jumped off a bridge and he left a wife and three sons behind; shocked, gutted and trying to square this act with the man they knew. This event stunned and silenced us all. The very finality of it, the public nature, the shame and the many questions that must still float unanswered in the minds of the loved ...
I want to hurt her. OK, not hurt her. Maybe just dig my nails into the underside of her upper arm to shut her up. Was I ever this bad? Wait, don’t answer that, Mom. I was totally capable of downright disdainful, dismissive, and I had “disgusted” down pat. She is a teenager. And she is still capable of small moments of kindness, usually when my ...
We lost our dog the other day. He just never came back. It was completely traumatic, even for a non-dog person like me. But nothing will make you realize faster just how much of a dog person you have become than losing your dog.
That unconditional ...
“Mom?” says my nine year old. “Why is it that only boys can ask out girls? Why can’t girls ever ask boys?” I stopped in my tracks. She is nine. But here in 2010, I had absolutely no good rationale for her. Part of me is amazed that, in fourth grade, we are already dealing with liking boys. And the other part, the feminist part, the ...