Cheating in the Carpool Lane
I almost cheated on the 101 driving to meet a friend this week. Running late — again — to meet an old coworker. The lane next to me was crawling…
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Spring Break in Cancun as Family 2.0
I was a hot mess in the weeks before Cancun. New passport for Kina, notary forms I wasn’t sure I needed, a pile of paperwork that made me second-guess every…
Read MoreWhat Carmel Taught Me About Being Enough
For a long time, I told myself I needed two parents to make a complete family. That belief wasn’t imagined, it was rooted in my own experience of paternal abandonment…
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What I Lost and Found in Carmel
A few months ago, I packed up my four daughters and drove to Carmel for a weekend. It was the first real trip I’d taken as a single mom. No…
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