My son Charlie and I spent some quality time together in the months before he was born. I lugged him with me in utero on a 90-mile commute to my job and he often thanked me for my hospitality by generously tossing my breakfast back up to me as we hurtled down I-55. I kept [...]
An unexpected gift arrived for me yesterday and it demonstrated the remarkable and exponential power of kindness. My friend Tanya sent me a note, which made my day, on a pretty card that honored and financially supported the MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospital. The package she sent also included some very cool pairs of Bombas [...]
Sometimes, when all my people are where they should be, and my windows are closed, and my car is tucked safely in a garage, and I am not sitting anxiously at an airport gate, I like to watch a summer storm roll in.. I especially like to see it gather strength as it travels over [...]
Like all of you, I can't wait to get the all-clear on this pandemic, to travel freely, hug at will, workout in a gym, visit my friends and host my family without worrying about infecting anyone. But, there are a few pandemic-related things I hope stick around long after COVID-19 ceases to be a threat. [...]
My husband Vince is a man of simple pleasures, difficult to buy for and easy to please. He loves his family, camp fires, river floats, booyah and smoked meat. Inexplicably, given his limited exposure to the genre in his childhood, he also loves to polka. Every year since he first discovered it, Vince and I, [...]
