Our nine-month-old twins are sick and the batteries in the swing are dead. No one’s going to get any sleep at this rate, so I volunteer to run out for batteries. On the way I to the store I call a friend whose father was recently diagnosed with a deadly...
Whew, we’re exhausted! We finished up our cardboard collection for Project Share this Thursday and invited our neighbors to celebrate (read about how it all started). We’ve been talking about having a neighborhood block party for over three...
After graduate school I worked for a year as a waitress at the Olive Garden. Dressed in black pants and a pressed white shirt with requisite greasy necktie, I carried heavy trays of dishes to my waiting tables, taking care to place each meal with precision...
Walking out onto the dock, I feel it welling up around me. It’s not the first time I’ve felt it. It’s the last day of our summer vacation at the bay and I’m distracting the kids while my parents and husband load up all our gear. The big gate’s...
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