“Can I steal a Safeway handbasket to use instead of a purse?”
I discovered this gem of a musing while leafing through my fifth-grade journal, a treasure trove of forgotten thoughts, feelings and...
The first thing people say to me when I tell them my mother is deceased is “I’m sorry.”
I get why.
Although it’s polite to seem sympathetic, for some reason, I always find it just a little...
Remember that line from “Mean Girls” when Regina George’s mom (played by the wonderful Amy Poehler) says to the teenage girls with a wink, “I’m not a regular mom. I’m a cool mom”?
As I’ve...
