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Mom on the Run: Life after son's concussion
For the first time in our history, including more than 20 years of kids and 17 years of sports, we are treating a concussion, our first head injury.
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Mom on the Run: Lost for lunchbox ideas
The lunchbox is suspiciously heavy as I pull it out of the backpack, where it just squeezes into the space above the textbooks.
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Mom on the Run: Firing up the grill, for real
“The grill is on fire,” my son said calmly. I looked over and, sure enough, blue flames licking from around the center gas flow knob.
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Mom on the Run: The off-campus apartment application
I looked at the document, got confused, put it back down, and have been procrastinating for over a week. But now the deadline is looming.
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Mom on the Run: Calorie-counting betrayal
Brownies? Traitor! I turn and stare at my new friend, who avoids my gaze.
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Mom on the Run: Where did that sock go?
I’m at Dick’s Sporting Goods, wandering around, looking for socks. Specific socks. Very specific socks.
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Mom on the Run: Shopping for glasses
Shopping for glasses can be a challenge.
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Mom on the Run: She's got the power?
Has someone swapped out my cell phone charger for his own?
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Mom on the Run: It's time to shake that South African money tree ...
For the millionth time, I wish I didn’t have to deny one of my kids something amazing. I wish I had a money tree to shake.
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Mom on the Run: A non-hoops fast break
Really, not eating for 30 hours — well, OK, for 28.5 hours — wasn’t as bad as I expected it to be.
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Mom on the Run: Saluting the team as the hockey season ends
Mom looks back on high school hockey season after the last game.
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Mom on the Run: Mom, need money now
I’m curious; my college student daughter virtually never asks for money.
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Mom on the Run: Textbooks by mail
It seemed like my kid had finally mastered the art of purchasing textbooks, at the beginning of her fourth semester of college.
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Mom on the Run: As our dog perseveres
Jack has quickly adapted to walks in his shiny blue dog cart.
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Mom on the Run: Let it roll
Mom challenges son to keep her away from bread.
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Mom on the Run: It's 2012 but is it back to the gym?
Me, I’m trying to generate some enthusiasm and willpower. Yuck, exercise. Sweating. Aching.
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Mom on the Run: A Christmas hockey faceoff
The hockey stick was supposed to be a Christmas surprise.
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Mom on the Run: It's a Manwich night
“I need your sloppy joe recipe. Colin likes yours and I have had no luck here.” Ha ha ha!! I laugh out loud, startling Jack the dog lying on the floor next to me.
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Mom on the Run: Connecting with an old friend
Old friends share stories, worries about the future.
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Mom on the Run: Some things should never change
“No changing the mashed potatoes.”
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Mom on the Run: Clean up that clutter, the appraiser's coming!
When asked, I describe my home décor as “lived in.” And we live in it hard.
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Mom on the Run: The daily dinner race
“How about breakfast for dinner? French toast, eggs, sausage, home fried potatoes.”
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Mom on the Run: Teen driver makes mom lose sleep
Teen son is a good driver, but still, Mom worries.
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Mom on the Run: Doing a dozen things at once
“I’m exhausted!” says single, kid-free, small-car-driving Mark. “Oh, my gosh!” He waves at me. “She just did, like, a dozen things at once!"
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Mom on the Run: Scrabble Cheez-It excitement
"So,” I say to my son, “how were your Cheez Its at lunch today?”
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