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I Was Perfect, And Other Lies My Father Believed

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My earliest memory involves my dad. In the memory, I am standing outside of my house in Cleveland, […]

June 19, 2017 Main

Life & Death in a Movie Theater: What Beauty & the Beast Shook Loose In Me

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In 1991, I turned thirteen. I was well past cartoon years and yet when Beauty & the Beast […]

May 5, 2017 Main

The Battle of the Tween

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Once I locked my chocolate eyes on the dark round version of my Prima’s, I became filled with […]

June 16, 2015 Main

Pretty, Peas: 3 Kid Summer Survival Strategies

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Our version of Bedford Falls enjoys beautiful, long and mild springs. Here spring fever is an alluring bedfellow and […]

August 1, 2014 Main

Forever summer memories

  Sometimes I feel I’m marking the passage of time in summers. Prima and Secondo have birthdays at […]

June 24, 2014 Main

The Nomination

Prima came home from school the other day looking tentative, bewildered and slightly pleased. She sat quietly as […]

November 8, 2013 Main

There’s no (imperfect) place like home

As parents, we become poignantly aware of the briefness of childhood. Childhood is fleeting, ephemeral and its residue […]

June 20, 2013 Main

The kid without a team

My very dear readers, Thank you for your nudges. Thank you for your soft and heartfelt compliments about […]

March 1, 2013 Uncategorized

They’re kids. Not clones.

Parents seem to be endlessly amazed by the fact there are profound differences between their children. I mean, […]

September 17, 2012 Main

The band scar

When I was a younger woman, I used to relish the time in a relationship when I collected […]

September 9, 2012 Main

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