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Here’s what happens when you cross a hypochondriac with the only small town doctor that her crack health care insurance covers: 
 
I’d been having this hip pain which I attributed to my running hunched over with a crooked hip from my scoliosis (ahhh Deenie, yes I think of her often).  After one late night of internet [...]

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An Unfashionable Report

While I would never say I was ever fashion-forward, I never thought it would get this bad.  I just got back from the grocery store when I realized I was still wearing my pajama top.  I did take the time to put a bra on, but then why did I put the pajama top back [...]

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“So how do you like it here?” she said pouring me more coffee.
 
I’d been here less than six months when I was invited for coffee by a mom I didn’t know.  She was tall, blonde, and liked to talk about martinis and golf.  Other than that, her invitation was as unfamiliar as she was.  [...]

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Hosting a garage sale is one wicked-ass test of emotional fitness. I discovered this over the weekend after displaying all the tangible evidence of my life on the driveway for strangers to come pick through and haggle over. I barely survived it.
 
I watched this one woman scrutinize my daughter’s little navy dress with the white polka dots.  Elizabeth wore it ten [...]

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I’m so sad about the passing of Tim Russert.  I seem to be taking it so personally — and it’s not just because he’s one of those familiar TV personalities that you feel you actually know, it’s more than that. 
 
I come from this crazy politically charged family.  Both ends of the spectrum are fervently represented, from my [...]

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