I never knew life without her, she was there when I was born,
She had three sons, but never got that little girl.
She told me I was like the daughter she never had.
And in many ways her home was more comfortable than my own.
No rules, no laws, just makeup and pretty perfume bottles that were mine [...]

I just found out my grandmother died. She was 96 years old and had been sick for quite awhile. She and my papa lived a block away from me when I was growing up. She was like my second mom.
Even though we haven’t had a lucid conversation in many years, I still think and dream [...]

When I was four months pregnant with my first baby, I went to my OB for a routine checkup and structural ultrasound. I remember feeling so excited to have the opportunity to see a 3-D image of the little baby whom I was already completely in love with.
Once my doctor began performing the ultrasound, I [...]

Living near the beach is destroying my writing career. In the past few weeks, I have become a certified beach bum. While I am still showering (thank God!), I no longer “do” my hair- it has been tumbling in tangled waves down my back and under a baseball cap for two weeks. I wear the [...]

Now that Kiana is over two years old, it is time to begin potty training, or Toilet Learning (as my uber politically-correct, Positive Parenting Gurus refer to it.) I am the laziest parent in the world when it comes to these things. Many moms who aggressively potty train their children when they are young wear [...]

In the aftermath of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s announcement earlier this month that she plans to resign from office, pundits have been scrambling for an explanation. Personally, the whole matter has left me feeling a little like I did at the end of seventh grade, after a year spent passively watching bullies ostracize and pick [...]

I am so over “free time”. I am one of those neurotic, Type A++, Jewish broads who thrives when every second of my life is plotted out. I actually feel high when I am doing 15 things at once- even when I “relax” to watch TV, I am simultaneously doing the crossword puzzle while having [...]

If I was faced with Sophie’s Choice today, there would be no question what I would do. Kiana, my two year old daughter, would stay and Shane, my four-and-a-half year old son, would go. As politically incorrect as this sentiment is, I am certain that most mothers of more than one child can relate to [...]

Now that we have officially moved and are settled in our new place, it’s time for me to get back to work. By “work” I mean getting back to my routine of writing, keeping up with my Momlogic column, working on my other projects, maybe getting my ass back Beit T’Shuvah to see a few [...]

I am way too calm for someone whose life is in boxes and is moving in a few days. The truth is, I have so much left to do, and I am doing what I do best- avoiding and denying the situation. Over the past few days, I have been under the weather, so I [...]