Published in The Broomfield Enterprise, 7/22/07
My daughter has decided to move out.
She has reached a time in her life when conforming to the parental guidelines of our house has become too stifling, the impractical responsibilities of our household holding her back. She even informed me that I am the “worst mom in the world.”
The crime […]

Late in the evening, while my husband falls asleep on the couch watching The Gilmore Girls (he will deny this), his mind drifts into dreams of the dish fairy. In her St. Paulie’s Girl fairy outfit, she sweeps in and carries away all the dirty messes of the world.
While she’s getting ready to flutter in, […]