My mom and I have butt heads many times over the last thirty-grumble-grumble years. Many, many times. A good many of them were emo-teenage arguments, like “You don’t understand me!” or “My life is so hard!”…
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This past weekend, my entire Italian family (including a few cousins from the motherland) gathered together to watch my beautiful cousin Christina say “I do.” Nothing makes Italians more Italian than a wedding. We stood for…
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Italian mothers have two jobs: feeding you, and making you feel bad about yourself. They don’t do the latter out of spite. Their intentions are good, and in the end, they motivate you to become a…
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Okay, Lucas. You’re too young to roll your eyes at me or even sit still for a conversation longer than one minute, so for now I’ll just write this down for you to (maybe) read at…
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No, this is not a braggy “my kid is better than your kid” post. I just realized that I do a lot of complaining about the challenges of parenthood on this here blog, and it would…
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Not counting the ones he watched more than once, there was: Finding Nemo My Neighbor Totoro How to Train Your Dragon Despicable Me Kung Fu Panda Iron Man and Hulk (some random cartoon on Netflix) Harry…
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How many times have you heard this? “Nobody told me I was going to be losing THIS much sleep!” And how many times have you thought this? “Well, people were telling you, you probably just didn’t…
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Last night, I dropped my son off at my in-laws’ house to spend a few days with them while I attend the BlogHer Conference in San Jose. Normally, I rev myself up in anticipation of having…
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I always knew this day would come. Alex and I swear like sailors. When I first met him, he was so prolific with the f-bombs, I wondered if he didn’t, in fact, know any other adjectives…
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I’ve been to several weddings of Alex’s family and friends in the eight years we’ve been together. I’ve seen the dollar dance and sighed wistfully as a mariachi band serenaded the bride and groom. But I…
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