Dear Kenny, Tonight, the kids and I pictured you alone in Paris "celebrating" your 40th birthday with dinner for one...in the new duds you had to buy since your suitcase never made it...and realized it was, perhaps, not the most fantastic of birthdays. Especially for...

I was greeted today by a smiling, freckle-faced, red-head whose cheeks are blushed with the kiss of a bit too much Hawaiian sun, courtesy of a certain now 40-year-old who was a bit too lax with the sunscreen. “Good morning, 40-year-old! Happy birthday!” he cheered....

With her brother at a friend's house, and her neighborhood friends out on the town, we had a very antsy Grace on our hands this past weekend. "Mom, I'm boooooooooooored," Grace whined. For the record, this is the most annoying thing a child of mine can say to me....

Four years ago today, I started this blog. It's been a fun 'side project' - you know, something to occasionally fill some spare minutes between working, momming, being a wife, playing chauffeur, running a household, etc., etc. Haha. (OK, OK. I actually just do it to...

Phew. The past few weeks have been quite a whirlwind - mostly emotional, sometimes physical - but finally, FINALLY!, I think I see the light at the end of the tunnel. But today, in a rare moment of quiet reflection (at least recently!), I realized that light at the...