So there we are, my two children, my ex-husband, and his side of the family. All adults ranging in age from 20 to 70. Dinner is over, I am paying no attention to the conversation at the far end of the table when I see my nephew approaching with a bathroom scale. I have no […]
Meet the Fockers
Although I’m Jewish, I don’t know much Yiddish. But I love the words I know, which perfectly capture things that the King’s English cannot begin to describe. Schlep. Schlemiel. Chutzpah. Chatchkes. Perfect words and impossible to imagine living without them. If Yiddish was still in use, maybe we would have words for other things equally […]
Family Ties, Trees and Trains
Reuniting our nuclear family was the reason for the July 4th trip. But having my children in Los Angeles meant sharing them. Because a family snapshot captures only the tip of the iceberg. There’s so much more hidden beneath the surface, as any passenger on the Titanic could testify. Plus the concept of family has […]
Family Reunion
These are things you never think about when you are newly married, or newly minted parents. You don’t think about the chance that your family will look less like Leave it To Beaver –and more like Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. When you’re bitching that your husband sleeps through the screams on the intercom, you […]
Independence Day
I never signed up for this…. Definitely the signature statement of my life. Maybe yours too. Maybe a little bit of everyone’s. Which is why I hope lots of people will connect to this blog, to me, to each other. Because whenever I think “I never signed up for this”, it always helps to know […]
FULL DISCLOSURE
I realize as I write my first post for this blog that I am about to open up my private life publicly. For our kids who spill their guts out onto Facebook and MySpace, this is no big deal. But for people our age, say….over 30, my having a blog brings up some privacy issues. […]