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Back to School, Back to the Everyday Miseries of Childhood Sep. 03, 2022
The kids are back to school. I know that because today, for the first time in three months, I worked... Read More
Student Loan Forgiveness Is Deranging Republican Politicians Aug. 27, 2022
Our country is suffering through a gigantic Republican freakout right now, one precipitated by the n... Read More
Treasure Hunting on Vacation Aug. 20, 2022
I came home from Greece with a bag full of rocks. I brought back more than I should have, but consid... Read More
For the Perfect Summer Vacation, Just Add Time Aug. 13, 2022
For children, vacations pass in a haze of pleasantness. Distance and inconvenience disappear into a ... Read More
Banish the Chaos -- At Least for a Little While Jul. 16, 2022
In Greece, members of parliament come from dozens of political parties, varying on the spectrum from... Read More
What if One Picture Changed Your Life? Jul. 09, 2022
Let's say you've seen a picture, one that shows a curly-haired toddler, his eyes glazed with confusi... Read More
Middle Age, Spare Tires and Clean Plates: Something's Gotta Give Jul. 02, 2022
I'm too young to have an arthritic hip. That's what I tell myself while I rub prescription gel in ... Read More
The Oily Reason I'm Worried About Flying Jun. 25, 2022
I'm planning an overseas flight with my kids this summer, and I have a bad feeling. Not because of C... Read More
One Day, I'll Surrender to the Gray Jun. 18, 2022
I got my first gray hair at 16. It wasn't entirely unexpected. My dad — who also went prematur... Read More
Summer's Table Holds Delights Too Many To Count Jun. 11, 2022
When summer approaches, some diet, hoping to get their bodies swimsuit-ready. Me? I'm getting my sto... Read More
Shortage of Metabolic Formulas Driving Parents to Desperation Jun. 04, 2022
The post appeared on Facebook, the last refuge of those with no other options. "Our community is des... Read More
For Parents, Baby Formula Is More Than Food. It's a Lifeline May. 21, 2022
When I finally gave up on what had been both a herculean and a Sisyphean effort to breastfeed, resig... Read More
Flowers Are Blooming, and Maybe We Can, Too May. 14, 2022
Everywhere I go, I see tulips. In the Midwest, we had a godawful April. The umbrellas barely had a c... Read More
Childhood Performance More of a Focus Than Ever Before May. 07, 2022
Our children are anxious, and they're getting more so every day. Even before the pandemic, anxiety ... Read More
Living in My Fantasy, Old and Sick and Full of Life Apr. 30, 2022
In one of my favorite fantasies, I'm old. I'm sitting at my kitchen table, wrapped in a well-loved ... Read More
Easy Answers Elude Us as Mask and Vaccine Mandates Fall Apr. 23, 2022
COVID isn't over, and it never will be. Even if the disease goes the way of smallpox (which isn't as... Read More
Leprechauns? Fine. Two Dads? Too Far Apr. 16, 2022
I was driving my kids to their swimming lessons the other day when I listened, a bit amused and a bi... Read More
When There's Nothing You Can Do, Build a Fire Apr. 09, 2022
I like to build fires. When it's chilly but not bitter, overcast but not raining, there's nothing mo... Read More
Love Your Bumps Because They're What Others Love About You Apr. 02, 2022
On my right hand, between the first and second knuckles, tucked away inside my fingers, sits a tiny ... Read More
Springtime Brings a Blooming Bouquet -- of Illness Mar. 26, 2022
After two long years of winter, it's finally starting to feel like spring. Because, at least in our ... Read More
