Last week, New York Times blogger Lisa Belkin posed the question, “Should Down syndrome be cured?” I posted a link to her piece, but I didn’t fire off a response. I needed to give the whole thing some thought, I figured. This is fundamental.  The truth is that I will think about this for my […]

I thought I’d hit all the parenthood milestones, but an hour ago — when Sophie literally puked in my face — I realized there are still some firsts I have yet to experience. I held her head, both of us dripping with what I think was once stuffing, and thought, “This is love.” Not to […]

I’m at home today, in self-imposed exile, allegedly working on a feature story due — oh, well, technically I suppose it was due yesterday. But my editor doesn’t expect it from me yet. He knows. I am mean-mean-mean when it comes to deadlines with my own young writers, because I feel strongly that I was […]

Poor Ray. Turns out, yesterday’s kidney stone episode was not to end so quickly. He needs two operations; the first will be Monday. I am not at liberty to share details (to the contrary, I was warned, “Don’t you dare laugh about this with your friends”) but let’s just say that I feel very, very […]