Today, as I was driving, I heard that this year’s national spelling bee was won by a girl in Fresno.  The winning word was “marocain.”  This brought back memories of when I participated in spelling bees as a kid.  I remember the medical terms being especially hard.  I remember studying in my childhood home, upstairs, […]

Birthdays prior to parenthood: breakfast in bed, taking a day off from work, sushi dinner, movie, visiting friends, getting a pedicure, wondering how to fill the time…. Birthdays after parenthood: not at all like birthdays prior to parenthood….