Isolation Update
My family has been isolating here in DC since March 12th. I’m grateful that we’re healthy and able to live our social-distance lives without some of the more serious stresses […]
Tag Archives: husband
A Trip around the Sun
There are some milestones in life where there is an expectation that we engage in a little self-reflection. Big moments like the birth of a child, or the death of […]
What It Means to Love
Today is my 20th wedding anniversary. Mr. Man and I are apart this year because he’s attending a leadership program at Harvard Business School (yay!) and I’m preparing our house & […]
Sleeping Together
“What would you say if I asked to have my boyfriend sleep over?” My daughter and her friend asked for my reaction because the friend had just convinced her parents […]
Woo Girls and Poker Face
I have a terrible weakness for good news. Other peoples success, accomplishments, and surprises are an instant empathy shot of endorphins and I’m genuinely happy and excited for them. Unfortunately […]
What No One Tells You About Parenting
When my husband and I decided to have a baby reactions to my pregnancy usually included a story or some bit of advice. A horrific three-day labor without drugs, a […]
Fact or Opinion
Over dinner the other night we had one of those twisty turny conversations that kept us at the table an hour longer than it took to eat our food. During […]
Get On Up
This weekend I had to tell my husband that I don’t like James Brown. We decided to go to a movie the other night and he proposed the bio-pic “Get […]
Steel Cables
Been thinking a lot about obligations lately. What you owe to colleagues, family, friends, society – why and how the calculations are made. Fortunately, when I get caught in a […]
Tepid Water
Being a homeowner is one of the most overrated experiences I can think of. Part of the great American Scam to buy buy buy. Because what else do you do […]
Dad Music
I woke up humming the chorus from a song my Dad used to sing when he was happy – “Honeycomb won’t you be my baby, Honeycomb be my gal” – […]
Mixed Marriage
My husband and I have a mixed marriage when it comes to our attitudes about our books. I tend to only want to buy new books when I have already […]
Mom Club
My daughter asked the other day if I thought that being a mom was a big sacrifice because you have to do everything for your kid. I said I didn’t […]
A Very Big Deal
We bought a couch the other day. My husband and I went to a furniture store and left after we had purchased a couch rather than before. It’s not as […]
For what its worth
I was rummaging around in envelopes of old photos when I came across one of me ironing when I was a child. I am three or four years old, in […]
