Ponte Vedra

Posted on September 20, 2010 by

Dr. Phil, we may need you. But please don’t come.

The Dr. Phil show has been chronicling the travesty that is a Ponte Vedra family for the past seven years. Angry mom, sullen dad, two bitter daughters who do drugs – you know, the family next door. Today, Dr. Phil featured a family update. The youngest daughter, now 22, has just given birth to her Read More

Posted on July 24, 2010 by

My children: second class citizens?

NOTE: This is a guest editorial I wrote for the current issue of Folio Weekly magazine in Jacksonville, Fla. In the summer of 2020, my son will be 15 years old. I imagine him riding his bike to the beach. Maybe he’s not wearing a shirt, and has a hat perched backwards on his head. Read More

Posted on March 27, 2010 by

On being a dirty girl

It was difficult for me to move to Ponte Vedra, a beachside suburb of Jacksonville, Florida with an average household income of $100,000. It’s very Southern. I’m not skinny or blond or rich or Republican. I worried I would find myself sliding into a mold, stretching and morphing to fill it out until I began Read More