I have been a mother for 34 years. I have also been a godmother, a mother in-law, a room mother, foster mother and, on at least two occasions when I’ve encountered someone with an exceptionally foul mouth having a very bad day, a mother-rhymes-with-trucker. Mother’s Day is for me. I like to celebrate it by [...]
I like my tailgate brats hot off the grill, a little crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside, served on a Sheboygan hard roll with brown mustard and grilled onions. I enjoy a good gameday debate about the beer soak and various condiment options, but I don't need to know how the sausage is [...]
I love to walk through the woods on any occasion, but especially with my daughter Molly because she knows things. Yesterday, we went foraging -- she for morel mushrooms, garlic mustard and stinging nettles and me for stories. While she came up empty handed, which is good, she said, because garlic mustard and stinging nettles [...]
Way back in 1993, before we could afford such a thing, my husband bought me a piano. I used to play it in the evenings right after dinner so I wouldn't have to referee the nightly debate among my children over who had to do the dishes. It worked like a charm. I got to [...]
It's sometimes astonishing how people's full circle moments intersect in ways that make you wonder who's up there drawing the Venn Diagram of our lives. For instance, my sister Jenny has been working on a book with Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce Perry that explores the lasting impact of trauma. The book is called "What [...]
