I have a tendency to get a little lost in translation. It's not uncommon. Eddie Money didn't sing: “I've ...

“She's waiting for you,” my husband said when I got home. It was long after bedtime, and she couldn't sleep. “Something happened ...

It's 27 degrees. The sun is shining. And I am wearing Spandex. I try to ignore how many ways this combination is wrong as I searc...

It's always a guessing game. “What animal are you thinking of,” she asks, beginning the hour-long car ride, which will b...

The wind was cutting when she got off the school bus – coat slung over one arm, balancing what only seemed like all of her Earthl...

My husband stands at the kitchen counter, looking lost. He doesn't know how to cut the sandwich. Diagonal? Perpendicular? Does he lik...

I started watching "Mad Men" recently. I know what you're thinking: It's been six years! What took you so ...

“If I were a dog I would be riding with my head out of the window right now,” the Champ said emphatically … but in disgust. ...

I'm not sure what I was thinking … taking the kids to New York City for a weekend. Oh sure, I had envisioned that we...

My Facebook is blinking. It's practically pulsating with a red alert that reveals someone has “tagged” me in some old picture they...

I used to love ladybugs. They seemed like bright red dots of happiness punctuating the garden, protecting it from the evil aphid mara...

The question left me momentarily speechless. My shoes were off, my clothes were folded neatly on a chair and the woman readi...

The worst pain I can recall (prior to childbirth) I suffered when I was 17. A half-dozen people (I can barely remember now)...

My husband doesn't believe in signs. Even the posted ones – the ones that clearly translate important information such as speed limit...

I see little boys everywhere. Happy little boys who look like mine. Little boys who wear the same clothes day in and day out...

The man's expression was transparent. His half smile and head tilt were as clear as the words that formed through silent lips: ...