My 14-year-old daughter, Emily, had a check up at the orthodontist. “Your teeth look perfect,” Dr. S. said, adding, “keep wearing the retainers.” Knowing that my two children go to sleep away camp for seven weeks each summer, he then turned to me and asked, “so what are… Read full post »

My commitment to my curly blonde hair is in a state of uncertainty.  Like most relationships, my golden locks and I have had our share of ups and downs, at times fully in sync yet now and again not on the same wavelength at all.  As a child, my mother brushed/… Read full post »

We had never left our 11-month-old chocolate Labrador for more than a couple of hours.  But this past summer, my husband and I spent a weekend in the Berkshires visiting our 10 and 12-year-old children at sleep away camp, and we had no choice but to leave Tobey behind.

Our… Read full post »