“Could you imagine?” I said, holding up a somewhat questionable item that was left right out in the open in…

I earned the title of Dog Girl a good thirty years ago and cling to the moniker with pride. After…

“Sure you don’t want to come to the game?” Tom asked, peering over the rim of his hot and spicy…

My sister Emily regularly suggests I go to a therapist.Before Chester, I may have entertained the thought. But rarely since.…

I promised Penny (aka Patty) that I’d find her a husband if she'd only bite the bullet and book another…

One day when I have the time I’ll get my bone-on-bone knees replaced. I almost did about five years ago,…

 They’re going fast and furious, the college-bound. We read about them on Facebook as they take off for parts unknown.…

My kids go to the dentist like it’s Dairy Queen. They don’t cringe. They don’t hyperventilate. They don’t cancel the…

People pop into my mind at the most inexplicable times. I might pick up a bottle of lemonade at the…

  “You’re the evil mother,” Sophie said, pointing to me. “How did you know?” I wondered aloud. She looked at…