This is my seventeenth summer going to Cape Cod. Michael first took me just a few months after we started […]

When Isabella was in pre-K she sang This Little Light of Mine at her winter recital. She would practice the […]

Our first gaze… our first date… our first kiss, which we thought would be… the beginning of forever. But life, […]

My head feels like Dorothy’s house as it’s swirling into the eye of the tornado. This is what New York […]

Paris and I have become fast friends. I say that with a bit of a heavy heart knowing I will […]

A big part of being in a healthy relationship is learning to say two things: 1) I’m sorry and 2) […]

I’m listening to the clock tick as I gaze out the kitchen window. I remember the day I found it […]

I’m staring at the screen not knowing what I want to write, yet here I am letting the words free […]

carrot fennel soup, coming to a cookbook near you in 2013. I should not be here right now. I don’t […]

The weather in NYC has been abysmal the last few weeks. Not good for someone who often jokes she operates […]

The sucker punch came when I turned the blue card over. The blue card is for the kids’ school and […]

The New York Times was sitting outside my front door. I could’ve gotten lost in the Book Review or drawn […]

This morning I hopped the subway after dropping the kids off at school to do the unthinkable. I bought understudy […]

Yes, I’m counting the days again. Panic set in last week, and I’m back to playing that number game. Soon […]

This is the recipe I intended to share before writing the last post—the one I literally published 30 seconds before […]

I started out en route to the farmers' market yesterday. The weather forecast was grim, with threats of rain, yet […]

Someone mentioned seeing rhubarb at the farmers’ market this weekend. Well, actually they heard from someone else that there was […]

I know, my Jewish friends out there will think this picture is torture. Hours away from the start of Passover, […]

It’s hard to believe that just a year ago we felt complete and normal. I’ve tried to find the words […]

Navigating life without my sidekick is lonely. There’s no one who gets my Seinfeld references. I often feel alone in […]

It’s been quiet here for a good reason. 51 pages. 17,201 words. 42 of 150 recipes. They are in my […]

Yesterday was group therapy, which means it was time for a feelings check in. In reality, we should all do […]

Mikey and I had a standing date night on Thursdays. The last few weeks he was alive, work was pretty […]

Isabella has been completely immersed in the world of Harry Potter lately. Her curiosity began just before Mikey passed away. […]