The “Check List” Is Life-Long

A few weeks ago I asked you to tell me what some of the qualities were that you were looking for in a significant other, and what some of your marriage deal-breakers were. I love getting e-mails from you guys (they seriously make my day) but I’m always really surprised to find that so many [...]

Not Exactly What I Had in Mind

I tried to make a pie.
This is what it was supposed to look like.

(photo by: Lisa Hubbard)

And this is what happened.

I’m not ready to talk about it yet.

Thanksgiving Day: Chutney Included.

The Boss and I will spend Thanksgiving with just the two of us for the first time ever, and we decided a few weeks ago that we weren’t going to have traditional Turkey dinner — mostly because neither one of us knows how to make a turkey. A few days ago, I asked him if [...]

Maybe It Does Take a Village. But We’re Not Living in a Village Anymore.

I once saw a documentary about children with Autism, which focused a lot on how parents’ lives change after a diagnosis. Many of the parents said that watching how strangers judge them and their children was even more difficult to understand than the needs of their autistic child. I learned a lot from watching that [...]

An Afternoon on Skid Row

I wrote a post a few weeks ago about my experience seeing Skid Row for the first time. A few days after writing that post, The Boss told me that another office in his organization planned on distributing food to the homeless there over the weekend, and he volunteered to lead the efforts on behalf [...]