The summer before my senior year in high school, my family went on a vacation to Carolina Beach, North Carolina. Six months earlier, my three-year-old brother had died, and this was going to be an opportunity for my family to continue to heal and to start what would become a yearly tradition. For the past […]
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I Am Not Watching The Eclipse With My Kids
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple weeks, you know that there’s going to be an eclipse tomorrow (Monday, August 21, 2017) in North America. Here in CT, we will not achieve “totality.” The sun will be approximately 67% obscured at the height of the eclipse. I get that this is […]
They Done Good
One of the challenges of being a swimmer is that swimming is not a seasonal sport. It’s a year-round, full-time commitment once you really decide to commit. The year is broken into two main seasons (in the Northeast, anyway). September through March is known as short course season. That’s because all meets are held in […]
Next Stop, Richmond, Virginia
Number 3 and 4 first joined the swim team six years ago. They swam on the town team which only swims in the summer and practices in the lake at the town beach. It’s a rinky dink little team, but it was the perfect introduction to swim team for them. They both loved it. Of […]
A Book Review For Moms Like Me — Behind Closed Doors
It’s time for another book review! First, a disclaimer. I was not an English literature major or anything in college. So don’t be expecting anything professional. As a busy and exhausted mom who still does not have large amounts of uninterrupted time to read anything, my criteria for a good book are as follows: 1) […]
I Love All Americans (Except Maybe The Sick F*ckers Who Stole My Family’s Picture — I Don’t Love Them So Much)
It has come to my attention that my family’s picture is being used by members of a hate group that embraces racism, misogyny, homophobia, and anti-Semitism — basically anything that’s not straight, blond haired and blue eyed. I used to joke that my family was Hitler’s wet dream. It was a joke. Because surely nobody […]