Old School Posts

• Not Seeing Him

  Toddler is going through a phase. She is happy 99% of the time. But that other 1%? Her face crumples, she falls to the ground, a puddle of salty tears. When this happens, we crouch beside her, or pick her up. And we ask her what's wrong. Every time, her answer is the same. "I was sad because

• The Importance of Place

  I have so many things to tell you. So many. About New York's greatest face-lift and a seven hundred foot ribbon and dinner at the People's Castle. About my book which continues to grow and change every day in ways I could never have imagined. About the mild fever I can't shake and my sinister fe

• Soon

  I am back from my much-needed vacation. Floating and fumbling after an exquisite two-plus weeks of unplugged family fun. It is good to be home, immersed once more in our own brand of magical and maddening domestic chaos, but I'm not quite ready to jump back in here. I need a bit more time to get

• A Blogger's Birthday

  Dear Lindsey, Today you are thirty-five years old. And I know you are not a big fan of birthdays. I know that you are struggling to make this one a happy one. I know you are grappling with the passage of time, with the subterfuge of stolen years, with the fact that childhood, your childhood, seem

• Shortest Conversation Ever

  Husband: "Babes, what do you want for Mother's--?" Me: "Sleep." I'm easy like that.  Or, just very very tired.

• On Being Naked

  First order of business: Thank you. For reading my admittedly very vulnerable post yesterday. To be honest, I was very scared to publish those words. Scared to put myself out there. Before publishing, I read those words to Husband and he said to go for it. That those words were honest and raw an

• Change Your Mind

  Last night, I had a dream. I don't remember much of it, but what I do remember is fascinating. (To me.) What I remember: I sat there, somewhere, writing, writing madly, scribbling the same thing over and over. Cogito Ergo Sum. The one image from my dream that sticks with me looks like this:

• Cutest Corkscrew

  Saturday afternoon, Husband had a spontaneous date with his buds to play bocce ball in Central Park. Before leaving, he asked: "Babe, do you know where we can buy a bocce ball around here?" And I looked at him like he was crazy. Because if you have plans to play a sport, however obscure, shouldn't s

• Bad News Bagel

  This morning, Toddler was hungry. And like a good mom, I was on it! I surveyed the fridge and concluded that expired condiments, however varied and cleverly combined, would not make for an appropriate breakfast. "Want a bagel?" I asked. Her blue eyes lit up and she crooned a singsong, "Yes

• BUI (Breastfeeding Under the Influence)

  Couldn't ignore this one. Police recently responded to a domestic disturbance call in North Dakota and encountered an intoxicated woman who was breastfeeding her newborn. They arrested her. And she subsequently pleaded guilty to child neglect and faces up to five years in jail. For more of the sordi