My kids rarely want anything. Of course, this is what I think because of all the time I've spent languishing in department store ...

We fought on Mother's Day. Over everything and nothing. Mostly, however, the day was punctuated by silence. Card holidays, I find...

“Are you sure you want to do this by yourself?” my husband asked as he stuffed an extra pair of shorts into his already bulging suitcase...

I'll admit, I was miffed. My fifth grader was preaching temperance, and it was grating on me. “ Smoking is bad. It causes lung can...

I could barely comprehend the letter in my hand …it just didn't add up. … Which, I'll admit, was ironic since the page-long epist...

I was at the starting line. I wasn't nervous. Not one bit. Of course, I had been facing backward, but that's a mistake ...

“ I love that jacket,” my friend exclaimed. She gestured for me to spin clockwise and then counterclockwise so she could see all its angl...

It's been a long time since I've just gone for a walk. A get out of bed, grab a sweater and go kind of walk. A don't ...

She was at the door when I arrived, a bundle of nerves rising on tiptoes and weaving back and forth. I hadn't even gotten into the hous...

It's 2:30 in the afternoon. I hear downshifting and the protest of brakes. I imagine a big yellow bus, lights flashing and stopping t...

I am a monster. Or I'm a sheep ... which, I guess, could be a monster if it was all matted and rabid and charging at you in a woo...

This year is going to be different; I told myself this as I sat in the bustling cafeteria, sipping hot coffee and watching my son sc...

What am I seeing? I blinked, rubbed my eyes and looked again. The picture on my Instagram feed was blurry and awash in digital ...

There is nothing “easy” about waking up. I was in bed, warm and comfortable, sleeping peacefully in a tangle of quilted blankets when ...