It was a beautiful fall day, around noon. I was picking up my daughter, and after she got into the car, I handed her some packages. As she looked through them, her door remained open, and that’s when I heard the words that sent a chill down my spine: “You’re not going to like this.”…
“Excuse me, miss, do you have a dollar?” Miss!! He called me miss!! I hadn’t been called that in a year or two. Yes, we’re going with that. No further questions. I needed a moment to enjoy it before my brain processed the rest of the sentence. My eyes registered the man speaking to me,…
As life goes on, you start to learn to coexist with the little indignities that come with aging. From thinning hair (except where I don’t want it thick) to struggling eyesight, I often find myself shrugging, accepting a new – less amazing – reality and moving on. But there are times when I have to…
“It’s gone” One sentence, delivered without preamble, but accompanied by a single photo. It was a wall showing a mural of the surface of the moon. The wall lives at the science museum near us, and Joey had gone there today with his friends. This museum was a place I used to bring the kids…
“Please exit through the rear doors.” Now, this is an example of clear instructions. It’s short, to the point, and can’t be misunderstood, right? Right? Let me bring you on a journey. The protagonist? Me. The setting? A NYC bus. The occasion? My first trip to the Big Apple. As I’m adept at getting around…
“I have bad news.” At that, I looked up to find my 20 year old son walking slowly into the kitchen, cupping his hands around something. He approached me and opened his hands to reveal the treasure inside: a tri-color fidget spinner, with one corner snapped off. It only took a second to recognize this…
“I’ll be right back.” And with that, my daughter got up from her zero gravity beach chair and made her way over the sandy beach to the facilities. I was lying back in my chair, taking in the sound of the waves and the distant seagulls calling out on this spectacular – albeit windy –…
When I was young, my hair was so thick that I snapped banana clips. I can still remember the impressive way each half would fly in different directions. I could get a claw in part of my hair, to do the “Elaine from Seinfeld” hair, but a banana clip holding all my hair? Impossible. My…
Mom’s Point Of View: Have you ever spent hours at the beach soaking up the sun, and realized you’re starving and ready for some beach pizza? Nothing beats that, other than acquiring said pizza and sitting down to eat it in peace on a bench by the waves. My daughter and I found ourselves in…
“That’s my mom!” With that triumphant announcement, a little boy jumped out of the line of students filing past me, his bright blue eyes lit up like the sun as he smiled at me. He ran over and hugged me fiercely before rejoining his classmates as they walked to the lunchroom. One more time he…
