Wendy's Excellent Adventure

My dear sweet Ezekiel, I realized today, when thinking about you turning nine years old, that we have essentially reached the halfway poin...

Nine years ago tonight, I was walking the halls of Kapi'olani Medical Center , trying to power my way through what would end up a 25 hou...

It's been a long time since I've written about depression, or about being someone with a diagnosis of depression.  When it's bee...

My darling, sweet, crazy Josephine, My Josie, Josie-jo, JoJo, JoJo-Bean. Little Monkey. Sweet Pea. Guuuurl. Today you are seven yea...

I was out on Saturday, driving around, running errands, when I came over a rise and had this magnificent view of the Rockies. It was a clear...

It has been two years . So much has changed. Life proceeds apace - children get older, we pursue happiness and lightness and love.  Even s...

I was talking with my brother Sam over the weekend, just catching up and chit-chatting about this and that. I mentioned that I had been sick...

On Monday I got a wild hair that I needed to cut my hair off immediately. I've had it long forever and while I liked the length, it wa...

I didn't even realize until a day or so ago that the last thing I'd written about was Sarah's death. Which, admittedly, threw me...

I didn't think this one would freak me out so much. As I said in my prior post, it's so awful for her family. But I barely knew Sa...

Every time I get news about a death in the family (or in this case, extended family-in-law), I think, "ok, this really has to be it.  N...

I seem to have a knack for bizarre encounters with folks I meet around town . This past weekend, one of my childhood friends was in town ...

There's a great line in When Harry Met Sally  when Jess and Marie are moving in together and trying to combine their households, decidin...

"Mama?" "Yeah, babe?" "How tall is Mt. Everest?" We are on the plane from Denver to Virginia.  This mean...