(This appeared on Huffington Post on 06/04/2014). When I was around 4 years old, I had a neighborhood friend named Dawn. I would go to her…
Category: Family/ Parenting
Farewell, Tamale House #3
It‘s Saturday morning, and Tim is doing what Tim does. The coffee is brewing, and he pours the first few drops of coffee into a…
Celebrating Stephanie
Over the weekend, my stepdaughter Stephanie graduated high school. She walked across the stage at Austin’s Frank Erwin Center to wild cheers as many of…
Cozy Rosie’s Craft Project
Children have an uncanny ability to need a bathroom when one is farthest from reach. This was the case one dark night several years ago when…
Newton: A Time To Heal
We’ve decided to take a break from the news. Friday, when the tragic news from Newton, Connecticut broke, I called my husband to discuss how…
Celebrating the Original Emily
My sister Emily is graduating college today! With a ceremony to attend, family and friends to shuffle around, and a celebration of two-stepping at the…
Lordy, Lordy, Amy’s 40
It’s official. I’m 40! Yes, that’s an exclamation mark, or, as I called it for an embarrassingly long time, and “explanation mark.” But since I’m also the…
For My Stepson Matthew
Next week, my stepson Matthew will graduate high school. I’ve been in Matthew’s life since he was five years old. As a little boy, Matthew…
Farewell to Samantha
(Disclaimer: This is for adults and children who have lost all of their baby teeth) Recently before school, my 8-year old daughter stopped me in…