Whitney at age four, performing for us My daughter is ten and she is auditioning for ANNIE tonight.  This will be her second musical.  She was in the ensemble for THE LITTLE MERMAID this Fall and absolutely loved it.  She has always loved to act (what child doesn't?), but in her case she does it at…

Hadley was born in 2006, a short 19 months after Tom.  I call her my "bonus baby" given that I was from three and Gordie was from two.  For a short time, he felt like we had everything we needed: one girl, one boy, both thankfully healthy.  While I could see his point, I definitely…

"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other" -AUDREY HEPBURN Eight is bikes, and bats, and balls It's running and skipping down classroom halls Eight brings changes, like size two feet A well-loved room that never looks neat It's Nerf guns and Legos galore And begging to buy something at the nearest…

Tom will be eight this week.  He was born a week early, and was still my biggest baby.  His head measured in the 99th percentile, and my OB/GYN told me his was one of the biggest she's seen, and at that time she had delivered over 2,000 babies.  When she came by the next day,…

Yes, it was January 28, 1999.  Yes, it was a dive bar.  Yes, I was there with another guy.  Yes, I saw you and knew I would marry you.  Yes, I know you have always thought that to be Velveeta-cheesy to the bone.  Yes, I wish you believed in ghosts and spirits.  Yes, I drove…

And when you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done.” —Dr. Seuss, Oh the Places You'll Go!, I waited tables for years in high school and college, and when the restaurant was crazy busy, we'd say we were "in the weeds".  Restaurant-speak for chaos bordering panic, where waitresses like me who counted…