I often have to leave before anyone is awake, when the house is completely still, before the garbage trucks come by.  I carry my heels under my arm and quietly ease out the door.  If I’m heard and my daughter wakes up, there will not be t...

Thunder kept us away from the pool yesterday. My 3-year-old requested, The Little Mermaid, which drew lots of questions about the wedding at the end. “What are their doing?” I explained that MommyDaddies (her collective name for my husband ...

Lorelai: (to Sookie who thinks her wishes are coming true) Quick! Wish for a Sephora within walking distance.  --Gilmore Girls. My friends, Go ahead and dump your purse out. Take inventory of all of your make-up bags.  Make a ...