Wendy's Excellent Adventure

The past week and a half - and really, the months leading up to this past week and a half - have been exhausting. I grew up in a household i...

So that happened. And it sucks on so many levels. The uptick in racist/misogynistic/xenophobic attacks made in the president-elect's n...

Last night I was lying in bed watching President Obama's speech in Philadelphia - his last campaign speech of the election cycle. As ev...

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...