As I rustle through the stores this holiday season mulling the purchases that will either make Santa a hero or me a zero (because, lets face...

The Champ knows everything. It's true, actually. The only thing he doesn't seem to grasp is the ability to get my attention without ...

“Do you remember when Amah ate paint?” How could I forget? No one had seen it coming, least of all The Champ. Certainly not me. His palette ...

Something was wrong. I was playing Words With Friends with my mother and I was winning. We'd been playing the game together … at night …...

When I was a kid costumes were easy. Or so I assumed. A week or so before the last day in October some garment so incredibly wonderful and p...

Technically we shouldn't have been there. DropOff SwapOff is a semi-annual event for the community of Concord, Massachusetts, wherein re...

It all started when I bought him the wallet. Alright … it was, in all likelihood, some time before that … possibly when I told him he could...

“Did I miss a memo ...?” His text messages were blinking. It was Sunday night, but his office manager had a pressing question that couldn...

Most of the time, as a parent, and even as citizen of the world, I have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing. It's not as if I don...

When I learned that our school district was closing two neighborhood schools this year I experienced all the usual emotions a parent feels. ...

She was so busy counting her money that she wasn't listening as her father tried to explain how IT worked. The IT that was making him tu...

Dear Ittybit & Champ, On this day ten years ago, at 8:57 a.m., I was sitting in my car in the parking lot of the newspaper's office....

Something was in the air. Ittybit had been scouring the yard for poultry feathers. She had a fistful and I could see her mind turning wit...

The wilds of Maine are filled with roaming gangs of feral children. And no amount of logic nor arguing will tame them. Or so it would see...

Whenever I hear a self-described lady say: "I'm not a feminist, but ..." I want to stop her right there and tell her whatever ...

I don't usually pick up the phone when I'm driving. Not only is it illegal, but I'm probably one of the few people on the planet...

She wasn't the dog I wanted. The litter of lab mutts she came from had three distinct varieties: Black as night, yellow as the sun and a...

"He stole my gnome and then he pinched me on my foot." "Well, she tookt my esperamint and woozent given it bact." They...

The Champ used to be so sweet. A happy child. Friendly and amenable. A parent's dream. That's what people called him. Of course, the...

I'm one of those moms people have been talking about. Kind of. ... I'm surely the kind who can picture themselves faced with the hor...