Category Archives: Life

Tonight is the premiere of the first film in the Adoption Stories trilogy by POV on PBS. Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy is the story of one family’s process of adopting an 8-year-old girl from China. Complicated, heartbreaking … Continue reading →

Now, please don’t imagine that I think the TV talks to me — or that I know Ken Burns well enough for him to have actually told me how to spend my summer vacation  – although my friend Elise and … Continue reading →

My family and I have just returned from a vacation and we had a wonderful time. But we are still glad to be home. We spent time unplugged from our daily routine, from the news of the world and from … Continue reading →

My son’s friends came over and hung out today. They spent equal amounts of time watching Annoying Orange, laughing at Justin Bieber and discussing the future of automobiles — how they could be fueled by magnets, solar energy and trash. … Continue reading →

The summer started out with my eldest child graduating from finishing elementary school. That was significant enough, because I swear I can remember his first day of Kindergarten like it was yesterday. Then, I turned 48, which I grant you … Continue reading →

Well, how do you think it looks? Now try seeing it with me at the wheel. Like it any better now? I’m trying out cars and Ford invited me to the reveal of the 2011 Ford Explorer on Venice Beach, … Continue reading →

Last weekend I grabbed a couple of Mom friends, packed up a picnic dinner, and drove this very swanky Chevy Malibu down to Irvine to the Verizon Wireless Ampitheater to see the Lilith Fair.  And it was really fun. I … Continue reading →

I’ve been on a hiatus, writing a couple other blogs, and now they’re all done and I’m back.

With apologies to Ford Motor Corp., I was bluntly reminded of the fact that no matter what other jobs I have or things I have to do, being a mom to Charlie and Oscar is the number one thing I … Continue reading →