Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 My parents wouldn’t let me leave the house that first day, and truthfully I felt exhausted. I spent most of the morning back in bed, snuggled up with Cleo. Merri’s mother called to check on me, and later a bouquet of Read More
The letters in this occasional column are written by actual people. Dear Savvy Sister, How can I encourage my daughters ( ages 5 and 4) to grow up understanding the value of a strong sister bond? Dear Savvy Sister, PLEASE give me some wisdom on the sister thing! My two are SO snippy and bitchy Read More
Our local pizza joint serves dollar pizza and dollar beers every Thursday, and it seems like half our community goes to indulge. The kids run around like wild banshees, and the grown-ups chat and leave big tips for the frazzled waitstaff. We didn’t go last week, but my friend Brent Ashton went with his wife, Read More
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 The earth stopped spinning for a second, and when it again moved, everything was different. “Where is he?” I asked, because I couldn’t wrap my head around the moment. I felt like a firebush plant, as though most of my body had blended Read More
The questions in this occasional column come from actual people. Dear Savvy Sister, My 3 year old insists on being naked all the time! Signed, Modesty! Dear Savvy Sister, My thighs make a flapping sound when I walk…. Signed, Bird Wings Dear Savvy Sister, Every new nose hair is gray – wtf? Signed, Ouch!Ouch! Dear Read More
A few years ago, when the Diva was in first grade, the school guidance counselor tested her – and bunches of other kids – to see if she was eligible for the advanced class. She wasn’t. Someone suggested I call to see how she scored, so I did. The guidance counselor looked it up and Read More
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Water Oak Park wasn’t far from Sterling’s house, maybe a 1/2 mile, and it wasn’t very big. Merri took me there when I was a kid to play hide and seek behind the trees, and to be in a place where we could see the Read More
Reminder: The questions posed in this column come from actual people. Dear Savvy Sister, My husband’s oldest friend, Best Man at our wedding, recently left his wife of 24 years and is living with a 25-year-old. He is 52. My question is… How magnanimous do I have to be about my husband having drinks (out Read More
The Attachment Chronicles Part I Part II Part III Part IV One of the more insidious aspects of the Pterodactyl’s attachment disorder is that it smothers his sweet true self. With therapy we’ve been gradually peeling away that insecurity like layers of an onion. And just like onion-peeling, it makes me cry sometimes. The Tyrant Read More
The questions in this occasional column come from actual people. Dear Savvy Sister, What do you do about other parents who live vicariously through their sports-playing children, turning a game of, say, softball, into something more like DaddyBall? Signed, A Frustrated Mom of An Even More Frustrated Child Dear Frustrated, Oh, the trials of modern Read More
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