We were supposed to be in New York. We had the whole trip planned out for the first week of June. My daughter, Bella, and I would arrive early Friday, check into our hotel in the city, ask them to store our bags, and then head to Penn Station to grab the Brooklyn-bound A or C train to Pratt Institute School of Art & Design for our 2 p.m. student-led tour. After our tour, we … [Read more...]

I recently had the opportunity to travel with three of the best women I know to one of the greatest cities … New York. One of my gal pals’ sons is currently in an off-Broadway show that, in March, will be transferring to BROADWAY! (A Lake Nona High School alumni will be on Broadway, people! AMAZING!) We wanted to support our fellow Drama Mama and her Broadway-bound baby by … [Read more...]

Psst … come here, I have something to tell you. I didn’t write this column until the day before my deadline. I procrastinated. You know, the very thing that I always yell at my kids NOT to do. And it wasn’t that I didn’t have time, either. I did. Lots of it. But every time I sat down to write and that blank page stared back at me, I panicked. Suddenly, any other task seemed … [Read more...]

The other day, my husband surprised me with a gift … an upright vacuum that promised to pick up all the hair our four-legged fur babies leave behind. My daughter could not help but laugh at the excitement both my husband and I had over the lightweight design and swivel steering for easy maneuverability that the thing had. “You two have been married way too long if a vacuum … [Read more...]

I once forgot to go to my son’s middle school award ceremony. I somehow messed up the time and showed up two hours late, picking up a sad boy with a certificate in his hand that I did not see him go up on stage to get. My boy is 18 now and still loves to joke that the tears from my guilt made the chocolate chip cookies I made him to apologize taste that much better. While we … [Read more...]