On my nightstand sit two books – Twilight and Waiting for Birdy. One is the star-crossed romance between a vampire and a mortal; the other is a personal memoir of a “year of frantic tedium, neurotic angst, and the wild magic of growing a family”. (Book review on the latter to come soon.) Two vastly [...]

I absolutely love this song! It’s everything a mom says in a day condensed into 2 1/2 minutes and set to music (William Tell Overture). One phrase I find myself saying a lot lately is, “Because I said so.” I never thought I would resort to this conversation stopper. I always figured I’d explain lovingly [...]

I think I’m becoming obsessed with Angelina Jolie. First off, she snagged the man I was supposed to marry: Brad Pitt. I settled on Brad after John F. Kennedy, Jr., died in a tragic plane accident. My second choice was George Clooney but then he turned into a misogynist kid-hater. So that’s how I ended [...]