Cloudy Day

Today is my birthday. I am 32 years old. My 30’s suddenly seem so . . . inevitable.

Normally, I’m the one to celebrate my birthday the loudest. A birthday is your own special holiday, a day the world became a little bit different because of your existence. Every birth has a story, a history, the [...]

Date Night

Dinner, movie, sex.

That used to be a fairly standard date for Chris and me. Nowadays, we’re lucky to get one out of three done in any given week.

That’s to say that it’s been a looonnnng time since Chris and I have been on a date. I vaguely remember seeing “Burn After Reading,” but I’m not [...]

One Love (Times a Dozen)

True story: Before I met my husband, I used to have dreams about my “Prince Charming.” He was wonderful and handsome, generous and loving, compassionate and sweet.

But he never had a face.

After I fell in love with Chris, my Prince Charming had a face in my dreams.

And no, it wasn’t Jake Gyllenhaal.

It was my husband’s [...]