I was compensated by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases through an unrestricted educational grant from Merck & Co., Inc. to write about pneumococcal disease but all opinions are my own. It was during a game of dodge ball when I was 12 that my life changed forever. Along with my classmates, I was running […]
I’ll Never Be A Broadway Actress And I’m Okay With That (I’m Lying)
When I was six, I landed the acting role of a lifetime: I was cast as the lead in the critically acclaimed The Little White Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings. From what I’m told (read: according to my mother), I not only knew my lines inside out and backwards but also the rest of the […]
10 “Unputdownable” Books You Should Buy Yourself This Winter
For as long as I can remember, reading has been my salvation. In fact, my earliest memory is that of my then eighteen month self sitting in a play pen on a hot summer’s day while looking at the Golden Book “The Poky Little Puppy.” For a shy girl who moved a lot growing up, […]
10 Books You Should Read This Spring Because I Said So
It’s no secret that my favorite pastime in the spring is to lay around with my nose in a book. There’s something about the feel of the warm sun and the sounds of birds chirping after the longest winter EVER as I escape to imaginary places with characters that stay with me long after I […]
I’m Grateful For My Big Life
In 2002, Hubby and I took a road trip. And, not any old road trip, mind you. We decided that we wanted to take one last big trip before Fruit Loop #1 arrived the following winter. We flew from our home on the East Coast to San Diego and rented a car with the intention of […]
The Keeper Has Flipp-ed Over Grocery Shopping
Recently, Hubby walked into the living room and announced that he was about to make my life easier. I raised my eyebrow, folded my arms across my chest, and waited. I mean, unless he was about to tell me that he’d hired the entire staff of Downton Abbey to start running my household, I was dubious. […]