Twisters
I feel like I'm hiding under the basement stairs inside my head waiting for the howling winds to subside. At the behest of my shrink, who suggested I try to focus on what I need only as far as the day-t0-day will take me, here is my list: A nap [...]
One Foot, Two Foot
There is nothing worse than a Monday that feels like the start of an impossible week. Sometimes life gets so strange and sudden that I start to feel as though I am dreaming it - watching my life like watching a movie. When the things you wanted just don't turn [...]
A Pretend Sick Week
The children were a brilliant distraction from the tangle in my head on Thursday. I've shifted in my parenting style. Something terse and sometimes tense has melted away. I asked The Universe to help me, and I decided to see what they could teach me each day, and my patience [...]
1,000 Stories Never Told
That's how I feel today. Like I'm full of stories that are locked away in some part of my brain, and cannot escape. Like I've squeezed off the potential for more stories to be born because of my own weakness and fear. Like I've been afraid to even share the [...]
The Long Island Watchtower
I don't know what day it is. I mean, I know it's Wednesday, but that automatic calculation of days has left me. Monday night is the night I want to write about. Tuesday was a write-off. Brett, Brian, Claudio, Mindy (Adam's lovely wife), my loves and I drove to Long [...]
Pulling the Pork in Jersey
Today is my brother's birthday. Rather than celebrate with a bbq at my parent's house, we're headed to Jersey to the home of Mafia Joe, his wife Mafia Monica, and their 7-month-old Baby Joey. Jersey doesn't get much better than this. I get to meet more of the NYC crew. [...]