A Date To Remember

I glanced at my phone, opened my texts. “Happy anniversary my beautiful, wonderful sister-in–law!” Wait. That’s today?! “How the f*** did we mess that up?” my husband Michael said to me. I could barely answer him I was laughing so hard. For some reason, neither Michael nor I can remember if our anniversary is on…

These Are A Few of My Favorite Things

“We’re moving to Spain,” Michael would tell people. But me? I couldn’t say those words. “We’re going to Spain for a year,” I’d say. “Maybe we’ll stay longer.” And honestly? Every time I heard Michael say, “We’re moving to Spain,” my heart raced a little. In an anxious, nervous moving-is-a-big-word kind of way. Besides, was…

On Aging – or Not

“I have someone you should meet,” she told me.  “She’s your age.”  She stopped and stared at me for a second.  “Well, I don’t know how old you are, but she’s twenty-six and you look about her age.” “I turn thirty-six tomorrow actually.” “No!” she said, with a stunned look on her face.  “I thought…