Eight years ago today, May 15, my mom called at noon and said Dad was gone. Most of me knew that we would never see him alive again. He ...

Dear Pat, Sunday is Mother's Day. I have my mom, and until last Sunday, I had you. You were my second mom, my other mother. Yo...

Dear India, This is you this morning. Today you are FIVE! You are so five. Going on 15. You do this celebrity pose that you surely l...

Perhaps you were on Rock Creek Parkway at rush hour yesterday and you had to drive around a broken-down car in the middle lane, inside which...

Death by coconut This is a thing. A friend of mine went to Panama, and at the hotel they gave her a list of things to watch out for. To...