Storytelling, I have decided, is sort of the verbal hieroglyphics of a family, the color added to the commentary; the explanation for the picture of your brother dressed as a princess at age four long after everyone has forgotten it ever happened.   After a couple dozen re-tellings, stories take the place of actual memories….
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Wild thoughts go through your head when you’re pregnant, scary thoughts like, ‘Why should I cave in to societal pressures and not sprinkle pretzels on top of my pie a la mode?’   Once you have the child, other fears take over, many irrational. When my daughter Amanda was born nearly 14 years ago, I…
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Most people, most normal people, would describe this past weekend in Chicago as one of the most exciting and successful in this city’s recent sports history. Two overachieving teams in the Blackhawks and the Bulls extended their respective playoff series in dramatic fashion with two victories at the United Center within about 17 hours of…
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Showed up at junior high Career Day this morning without a career.   I didn’t plan it that way, of course. I had a career when they asked me to come back again this year. Actually, I had a career yesterday. Or was it two days ago? It’s all sort of a blur at this…
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It is 4:30 in the morning and I have spent the last two hours reciting my memoirs in my head, the last half hour going through my buddy list and asking everyone without an away message: “Are you up?” Apparently, I am not the only one to remain logged on without an away message as…
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