“I don’t want to go to New York,” my older son vehemently vetoed our plans to visit the City after the holidays. “It gives me a...

As January approaches, gyms are preparing to accommodate a tsunami of new memberships. It will be a busy month at Planet Fitness....

Thanks to the recent World Cup tournament, I have had a lot of soccer lately, both on my TV and on my my mind. Not soccer per se- I don’t...

“So, is she a smart dog?” My dad asked me when our phone call conversation shifted to our young German shepherd, Kyra. “Sure she is, like...

When my fiancé, now my husband, and I started talking about our wedding, and he presented me with elaborate spread sheets, lists, and...

As I was chopping parsnip for my sweet and savory bread pudding (thanks for the recipe, Giada De Laurentiis) I could feel the tension...

With the upcoming Thanksgiving, my younger son made a list at school of all the things he was grateful for. Christmas with cousins and...

I used to believe Tom Hanks. Or maybe it was Forrest Gump. When he was sharing his mama’s wisdom on life and chocolates from a bus stop...

When I went to watch my son’s first football game this fall, I felt like my thirteen years of motherhood was put to a test. I had to find...

“From now on, whenever you look in the mirror, you will no longer look at yourself,” an elderly neighbor told me when my first son was...

“Thank you, so much,” I said to the dog sitter as I handed her the money. She took good care of my dog while I enjoyed hiking in the...

We finally did it. It only took us fifteen years, but we finally stopped drinking coffee like George Clooney and switched our Nespresso...

The summer might be officially gone, and as I was putting the paddle board and rafts in the storage, I couldn’t help reminiscing about...

When you look up the noun coach in a dictionary, you will likely find two definitions. First, coach, as a means of transportation: a...

It was supposed to be the year of the house. And of the cat. And, oh yes, the year of the dog, too. In the midst of the pandemic, my...