Best Step-Mom Ever

Best Step-Mom Ever

by | Jun 10, 2013 | Archived Blog Posts

“I have an idea,” I said to my oldest and youngest step-sons. We were all sitting in the bleachers with my husband and father-in-law watching our middle son play baseball. Well, we were at least sitting in the bleachers at the game. Watching was optional. My two boys...
At the Table

At the Table

by | May 28, 2013 | Archived Blog Posts

I open the double-layered, wax-coated paper to reveal the slightly frozen chunks of bright red beef, each piece clinging to the others like magnets. Two pounds of the meat gleams from the white paper on the counter as the olive oil heats on the stove next to me....
Being Specific

Being Specific

by | May 15, 2013 | Archived Blog Posts

“I’m having trouble adjusting,” I sobbed into my husband’s shoulder. He had grabbed me into a firm embrace when his simple, “everything alright?” brought tears to my eyes. For the past four and half months, my husband and I have been getting to know each other in ways...
All Grown Up

All Grown Up

by | Jun 28, 2011 | Archived Blog Posts

She didn’t know much about the world back then, the 10-year-old girl whose parents had split and whose world had turned upside down. It was 1981, and the fear of Iranians and oil shortages was still palpable. But the bigger fear was a family dividing. A couple...