My friend Gina challenged me last week, on a typically frantic day. At the time, I had no idea what the ice bucket challenge was. I just knew I didn't have time to dump a bucket of ice water over my head. Still, as they all tend to, this challenge nagged at me. I admire [...]
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This family is making me thirsty!
Somewhere, in the Magical World of the Missing, full of lonely socks and gloves, slippery earring backs and hair ties, car keys and library cards, grows a shining stack of water bottles with my DNA on them. I know this, because I can't find them in my kitchen when I stumble through all bleary-eyed and [...]
Spring break 2014. Is this Normal?
We packed the car with seasoned precision and pointed her south for the last road trip of Spring Break 2014. Molly looked up from her perch in the backseat, rubbed a left bicep made tender by one too many games of Slugbug, rolled her eyes at her father's repeated attempts to turn nasty potholes into [...]
She’s kind of a big deal in Bolivia
My 11-year old niece Olivia may be the happiest kid I know. She bounces through life in high-topped basketball shoes, eager for the next adventure and unconcerned about any incidental slipups. That's because, for those occasions, she has crafted an alter-ego, Bolivia. Bolivia popped up last September following an unfortunate incident at her father's company. "I [...]
The crime of the half-century
On the southwest side of Chicago during a frigid February afternoon in 1967, a small boy took a nap, setting in motion a chain of events that reverberated through five subsequent decades. That boy, who grew up to be my husband Vince, may or may not have been a victim of a heartless crime, birthday [...]