Adulthood snuck up on me

“Reckless mother teaches child to be independent in the heart of the city.”

It’s time to think about colleges

“Am I good enough?” cannot be one of the factors when selecting a college.

Forcing Shinseki to resign is a cop out

There should have been an outpouring of support to the hospitals, asking them “What can we do for you? How can we help?”

Death, Prom, Japan and other minor happenings in my life

I choose to engage with everything that comes along. I feel all the requisite emotions (and then some), I participate whenever possible, and you guessed it: I am often exhausted.

Grey

I finished painting my daughter’s room. Dark grey. I protested, not a little. She stood firm (ooh, I raised an independent girl. A fact which bites me in the butt sometimes). It wasn’t until I got all the way around with the first coat, and could see it more or less in a complete state, […]