Freezing Embryos and Finances
I kept a girl and a boy in the freezer for five years. OK, not a girl and a boy per se. But a male and a female embryo. After undergoing...
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Four Weddings and an Inside Scoop
If you know me, it probably isn’t a surprise that one of my favorite animals is the peacock. I enjoy getting all glammed up when I get...
My Appearance on the American Idol Red Carpet and Finale
In the fall of 2002, Sabrina and Acacia Stevens were gearing up for the second season of American Idol. I couldn’t believe it! How could...
Marceline, Molly, and Me
December 5, 1901. Chicago, Illinois. Undoubtedly wind gusted down streets, blowing a chill through the city. But the sun was shining...
Breaking Up With Joanne Rowling
My mom is the most avid reader I know. She devours books at a nearly inhuman pace. In the last several years, she has taken to writing...
A Meditation on Talent, Mostly My Own
(Note: This was inspired by the question “What were your favorite subjects in school?” This is what I came up with. Forget Virgina Woolfe...
What's a small decision you made that ended up having a big impact on your life?
I clicked the random button. Admittedly, there were several small decisions that led to this one. I decided to see Harriet the Spy in...
If You Go To London, You Have To Go To…
Saturday mornings in my childhood were dedicated to errands. We’d go to Highland Park, my mom’s childhood hometown, to get money for the...
Weight for It
The first time I identified as overweight may have been when Robert C and his friend Eddie, who had at least 30 pounds on me, started...
Crazy Classy
While I was studying abroad in London, my friend Amy decided she would visit with her friend, Olga. Amy has always been one to...
Hot Ice Cream, Zombies, and a Heart Attack
Jon and I are fans of British author/personality Danny Wallace. In one of his outlandish autobiographies, Wallace writes about everyone...
Three Theatrical Loves
Prelude to Hearing Some People Sing I saw my first Broadway production when I was 5 - Stephanie Mills in a revival of The Wiz. But it...
Choosing a House
My mom did not want us to “waste our money” on an apartment. Which is why, for the first six months of our marriage, Jon and I lived with...
Too Much Cupcake
“What are you doing?” I asked blearily. It was 3 o’clock in the morning, and my boyfriend was crouching by the hotel room door, the light...
The Most Magical
“Look at the carousel,” Jon muttered at me through gritted teeth over Lily’s head. I glanced as surreptitiously as possible, and I saw...
Prom Princess
I was driven to my Junior Prom in a silver Acura MDX. Limos were astoundingly expensive - just thinking the word “prom” must have tacked...
Have you ever written a story, and do you still have it? (Or, Story Maps)
One day during my senior year of high school, that choir government I disapproved of decided to hold the “Potato Chip Awards,” where they...
Only Music Can
At the end of my junior year, we had elections for the following year’s choir officers. I cannot stress enough how much I loved choir,...
Band v. Choir
Marching band may or may not have been derived as some kind of military torture. Learning the music, the notes, and the dynamics well is...
Prelude to a High School Musical
When I was in fourth grade, we had an assembly that presented something pretty magical to us youngsters - musical instruments. If we...
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