I do have to thank Jason Rose for one thing. He reminded me this week that it’s time to register Sophie for the Special Olympics. Over the weekend, Rose — who has been in public relations in Phoenix for as long as I’ve been in journalism (read: a long time) — tweeted the following football/hockey commentary: usc-ucla? Felt like [...]
I had one overwhelming thought at the end of The Muppets. Why didn’t I learn my lesson with the remake of Fame? I so wish I’d stayed home instead of dragging my family to the mall on the day of the film’s release. Ugh. She already ruined Julie and Julia — now I officially hate [...]
Happy Half Birthday to Yoooooooooooooooooou. The half birthday thing has hit. Hard. Sophie’s been talking about it for weeks. And planning her birthday party for months. Oddly she’s not as interested in Christmas and Hanukkah — even though her birthday’s not til May. (She did inform me several times this weekend that I am on [...]
I took Sophie to the mall the other night. To be honest, I really didn’t want to. It wasn’t a particularly entertaining errand — one of the nose pieces on her glasses snapped in half and cut her nose before we realized what was going on — and I figured it wouldn’t be much fun [...]
Some anniversaries you’d rather not remember. I know Sophie’s second heart surgery was sometime in early November — right around now, in fact — but I don’t recall the exact date. I don’t think about it much, even when I see the several-inch-long “zipper” on her chest, but for some reason, almost every time I [...]
The other day Ray came home from Walgreen’s all excited. With a remote control helicopter. “For indoor use!” he told me. “Great,” I thought. “Something’s gonna get broken, for sure.” For once, I kept my mouth shut and smiled. So far, we’ve all survived, except for the first helicopter. Ray’s already been back for another, [...]
Ray took me to lunch last week. “Here’s the thing,” he said, by way of apologizing for getting snippy with me the day before. “It’s just that when you are rushing around doing all that holiday stuff, you look so miserable.” My jaw dropped, then my lips pursed. “I’M FESTIVE!” I announced, shocked that anyone [...]
“I’m praying for her,” the Cake Walk Lady stage-whispered as she dropped Sophie’s ticket in a big barrel and motioned for her to join the circle. Twenty, 30, 40 times? I lost count. We must have been at the Cake Walk a full hour by then, almost half the time allotted for the school’s fall [...]
There’s a video news clip making the rounds on Facebook this week — I’m not sure why it’s popped up now, but it’s your typical feel-good story that everyone always seems eager to share so I guess it’s not too surprising. The lull between Halloween and Thanksgiving, maybe. Some group called Success Nation is passing it [...]
