Cattle, I mean, Casting Calls

Well, I have yet to turn into a stage mom chauffering my kids back and forth to Miami for auditions and photo shoots, partially because I think I’d enjoy it more than my children would! That being said, it was hard to resist going to the GapKids Casting Call in...

Savannah's Story: love amidst loss

We just returned from Savannah Clark’s home-going service: a celebration of life and the mourning of the tragic loss of a 17 year old gone too soon. How was it that someone that was such a light and encouragement in the lives of so many was herself plagued with...

God-Shaped Hole

God-Shaped Hole Have you ever thought about earrings. For me, they were a much coveted reward that was unattainable until I reached the age of 13. Then, for some reason, my mother agreed it would be cool if I got two piercings in my left ear and one in my right...

Unhealthy sports addiction

Does anyone else find it ironic that as we’re watching some of the world’s top athletes, our own physical condition is actually deteriorating? I mean really, between the Olympics and the US OPEN, I might as well check myself into the hospital for laziness...

Politics – my first and last comment

Ok, so I already know I’m a bit of a disappointment coming from a family of lawyers. Perhaps it was because my father’s idea of good tv for me when I was 6 consisted of Washington Week in Review and the McNeil Lehrer News Hour on PBS (my apologies to all...