Loving the Life I Never Wanted

When I was 6 years old, I wanted to grow up and sing like Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz.  I loved my khaki plastic record player which played my Dad’s amazing album collection, including the soundtracks for The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, Oklahoma, My Fair Lady and jazz greats like [...]

Singular Perspective: He’s Just Not that Into You

A few nights ago, I chose to spend a quiet evening at home with a cup of hot tea, microwave popcorn, a movie and my dog Barclay. In a moment of weakness I chose “He’s Just Not That Into You” as the movie du nuit. Of course I knew that by the end of [...]

New clothes. New backpack. New beginnings.

Today was my 5 year old niece’s first day to school.  She has been talking about going to Kindergarten since Christmas. We were sitting and reading a book when I asked if she was excited about turning 5 in March.  She told me that she was because after she turned five then she could go [...]