Super Bowl Sunday. For me, these three words conjures up three little letters: D. V. R. Yes, I know, this is blasphemy for some, but really, football has never been my thing. I’ve tried, really, I have. My older cousin, whom I consider the big brother I never had, has tried. When I was in …
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I had a bad day in the kitchen today. The kitchen is usually my happy place, my woman cave, if you will, where I can create and taste and lose myself in stirring cake batter or a steaming pot of soup. But today my dear friends, oh today, I was having a terrible, horrible, no …
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Big hug time? I met my son outside at the car as he was dropped off from school. As we turned and walked toward the front door, he answered: When we get inside, mama. Not in public! Not in public? I cried inside. Big hug time has been our tradition ever since he started preschool. …
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Ever feel taken for granted? Ever take a loved one for granted? It happens, both ways, often with the people who matter the most. Just ask any parent — its a thankless job. (Um, Dad, in the off-chance you are reading this, thank you. For everything.) The sad thing is, the more you need someone …
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You know you live in California when your Kindergartner goes to school in his winter gear — ski jacket, hat, yes, even gloves — so he could run amok in a snowball fight…of marshmallows. I guess we have to do what we must, right, to celebrate winter? I had never heard of a marshmallow snowball …
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All I wanted was some cornbread. Just some sweet, crumble in your mouth cornbread. And that meant I needed to make some chili. Of course I could have just made the cornbread all by itself. But cornbread needed its partner. I found myself craving comfort food with the return of the rain – the continuous …
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