That road. The one that winds and dips and turns through the trees and comes to a weird, Y-shaped intersection. The one we used to drive down after school in our hand-me-down cars listening to The Cranberries with the windows down. I love that road.
And...
This past weekend I was solo-parenting from Friday until Tuesday because my husband went to a destination bachelor party. I didn't dread this. Nor did I mind. But come Thursday of this week - after the solo pool trips, the solo grocery trips, the solo...
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by Shannon Lell
I went to Vegas with some girlfriends last weekend. The three of us are stay-at-home-moms and each week we meet behind the plexiglass of our 3-year-old daughters' gymnastics class. A couple of months ago, we decided a Moms Only trip to Vegas was in order....
I have many things I should be doing right now. I didn't turn in my homework last night for my writing class because I couldn't seem to focus all week. I know I should be working on that, but I can't muster the inspiration for...
I read an article a couple of weeks ago that won't stop buzzing around in my brain like an irritating house fly. I feel the urge to pick at it like a ripe scab; take it apart, exam its premise and file it under nonsense....
There's this great detail in the novel, The World According to Garp by John Irving that describes a misunderstanding of the word "undertow" by the protagonist's (Garp's) toddler son. When Garp explains to the boy the qualities and potential dangers of an ocean undertow, the...
There are six women I call my best friends. I would walk through hell-fire for these women and the feelings are mutual. I am exceptionally fortunate in this regard. I love my mother, but I would not characterize her as one of my best friends although the...