I had my daughter in June the following year and she was gorgeous. She cried all the time and was stubborn from the get go. My parents spent three weeks at a bed and breakfast around the corner from us in West Virginia to help. The day that they left I can remember feeling like… Continue reading Shimmers of Light
That December he and I came up to NJ to visit my parents on Christmas morning, shortly after my sister had just got engaged. They had the whole family together and now were planning a baby shower, two wedding showers and two weddings all within the same year. My parents were machines and took it… Continue reading Waistline
Three weeks later gingham man proposed. There were no flowers or rose petals, there was no candlelight or movie scene….I believe it was Thanksgiving night and we were sitting in my parents living room when he kept telling me to sit down and be quiet for a second. I refused and finally he yelled “Sit down… Continue reading High Maintenance
The day I had to come home and tell my parents I was pregnant was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. I can still remember them sitting at the kitchen table waiting for me to come home from the doctor’s. So I led with this “Well….I don’t have cancer…..” thinking maybe they would… Continue reading Tip Toe
I was always a sickly child. I used to think that maybe I was some kind of anomaly working with forces from the 1800’s to bring back illness of a forgotten time. I had my first surgery in sixth grade and every year after that spent at least one week in the hospital. My friends… Continue reading Bubonic Plague
I am not sure if you have ever been pursued by a woman. I mean, like prey; sought after, hunted, eventually she corners you and without warning sinks her teeth into you, leaving you powerless and paralyzed by her. That is the way in which I went after gingham man. I was relentless. Tactful. Flirtatious. Intriguing. … Continue reading Full Court Press
I decided rather quickly that being a star on Broadway was not what my life should be and I needed to, had to, couldn’t live without going back to College in WV. I missed my friends, my apartment, my job, and mostly the quiet. For anyone who has ever lived in NYC, although it is totally the place in… Continue reading Coming of Age
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