Sarah Palin stated that although she is against bullying, it's understandable people comment on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's weight because it's "been extreme." Apparently there a designated threshold on…
It’s not often that you get the chance to see a writer’s first blank page. But this is it. The first time my daughter sat down to write a story.…
This American Life’s producer Sarah Koenig's mother lives by a set of rules about conversation, including an actual list of off-limits topics. I want to go on record as supporting…
After reading books to my four year old daughter in her bed, I curled up beside her and snuggled with her. I’d come home late from work and had barely…
I was sitting at a table with three other people, including a man about 20 years older than me. We were discussing professional conduct and manners in today’s world, and…
AC Peterson’s, a family restaurant in West Hartford, Connecticut, invites performers from the adjacent theater to sing show tunes on Monday evenings to their diners. Three or four young talented…
My daughter, Clara, speaking to one of her friends: “I know you’re not good with babies, but my brother, Charlie, is the best baby in the whole world.” Clara may…
When I was about ten years-old, my mother brought me to my first CCD class. I came home from that experience and declared that I was no longer a Catholic.…
Lisa Bell has graduated high school by now and hopefully moved onto college, but I don’t care. She was a hero back in seventh grade, and I’m sure that she’s…