Johnson & Johnson has a new campaign that makes me feel so incredibly warm and gooey. It’s called For All You Love, and it applauds the selflessness and generosity of caregivers (including Moms!) and shares all the ways people extol that love. In celebration of Mother’s Day, Johnson & Johnson is donating 25k to Save the Children, an organization committed to helping mothers and children

Mother’s Day is awesome. As I described the events of my Sunday to my youngest sister, she expressed surprise that Mother’s Day seemed even better than my birthday. And I told her that it kinda-sorta-almost was. (Which is a mammoth statement, coming from one who believes that those cardboard punch-out birthday card crowns and badges need to be worn for an entire birthday week.) Because here’s

Once you have kids, people sporadically approach you with buckets of cash. It’s a well-kept secret. Everyone knows how expensive the day to day necessities of raising a kid can be, so random do-gooders frequently help out with a spare Benjamin here and there. No, really. However, if it’s been a little while since your last freebie purse-full of pence, I’d like to offer up my little list:

Because all you can do is pray. And donate: United Way Fund For Newtown, CT  CeaseFire  Newtown Facebook Memorial Fund  And hug your loved ones.

Susannah Mae- One Year Old.Also, Apple Juice Thief. My Little Little is a year old today. The Monkey, the Buttercup, the Sunbeam- all her. All one year old. Over the past year, I’ve waxed poetic about how wonderful an addition to our family she is, how much she’s changed me as a person, and how thrilling it is to have created siblings. So I was wracking my brain a li’l bit to choose how to best regale her on this {Read More}

Last flashback/lazy post, I swear. All too soon I’ll be back in the land of sirens/crazy neighbors/no oceans at all and I’ll have plenty of time to write actual posts. Sigh. But for now, I give you: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Last night we had our first tech rehearsal for Rules of Infection, a delightfully dark comedy in which my honest-to-gosh husband and I play less than divinely happy

Yes, we’re still traveling. (Who are we?) We’re currently in Maine, visiting a lovely family for whom I happened to nanny for close to a decade. From amidst the ponies, Strawberry Shortcake dolls, and sand-covered faces, I bring you: Four Years Ago This Week. (Not A Thing Has Changed.) (Friday, August 8th, 2008) Wow, it’s Friday. When did I become Sally NeverPost? And what brought on this

I’m seriously lazy/digging the blasts from the pasts (I have no idea why I was so flipping tired all the time! I’m pretty sure I just went outside, came back in, and napped for the majority of my weekends).  Back soon, promise. Happy Thursday! *** Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 There’s No Place Like Home How on earth is it Tuesday? I know for a fact that just a moment ago it was