Just as I imagined I would be married by 21 with kids by 23 (wrong and wrong), I pictured myself as the consummate Home Room Mom. You know…. the one up at school 3 days a week, planning every holiday party with gusto? I’m not. At all. And, gosh…. for my sweet girl’s sake, I really want to be…. because… View Post
Fulfilling a Life-List Moment – Speaking at my Alma Mater
They opened my door slowly. A sure sign I was about to get some news I didn’t want to hear. My Dad was angry, I could see it in the way his lips were pursed. Mum was nervous, sad. Not a good combination. This was the Spring of 1991. I was a Senior in High School. It had been an… View Post
Reflections from Coronado Island: Our Military, Their Service, Our Support
To know me is to know I need a little beach in my life. It has always been ‘my place’…. where I feel centered, calm, able to set the world on its axis again. My parents understood this, so on the last two days of my trip to California – the two days where I was finally able to unplug… View Post
Live Positively: Nominate Your Teen to Carry the Olympic Flame in London Next Summer
Sure, it may be cliche, but I will do it anyway. I will call it a once-in-a-lifetime-experience. I may have been just a mere three years old, but I remember bits and pieces. I remember flashes of awe. I remember the shirts we are wearing in the pictures. I remember how beautiful my mother was in her multi-colored headband. (and… View Post
Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension. The “Teal” Carpet Premiere
Yes. The small people went crazy. Yes. I did a little too. (I mean, I love Perry the Platypus) And my mom? Well, naturally, she had fun as well. But how could we not? Delaney and Cooper have been counting down the days since I first surprised them with the news that we were heading to LA to see the… View Post
Going back to my Past: My 20 year High School Reunion Approaches
20 YEARS ago. George Bush was President. (That’s George H. W. Bush) A stamp was .25 cents. (gas was less than a dollar in most places) Anita Hill accused Judge Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. The Persian Gulf War ended. The New York Giants won the Super Bowl. Dances with Wolves was Best Picture. Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff and… View Post
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