“At least he had f—–g consistency!”

“At least he had f—–g consistency!”

by | Jul 2, 2018 | My Story

I have the greatest book club on my block. It literally is up and down the block, which makes it very easy to get to (and makes excuses like, “I don’t even have time to pop in for a few minutes” quite lame). Perhaps driven by me and my memoir – and therefore love of...
I just told Danny about my book

I just told Danny about my book

by | Jun 11, 2018 | My Story

I knew I was heading to BookCon. (And by the way, BookCon – meeting, and signing my book for, 100 strangers in less than 30 minutes – was so, so cool!) I knew I needed to remind Danny (my dad) that I’d written a memoir and to tell him that it was being published. I...
I am not in control

I am not in control

by | May 28, 2018 | My Story

I am not in control. That may not come as a surprise to you, but somehow it’s always shocking to me. Even as much as I know that nearly everything is out of my control, at times I think and act like I’m in charge of everything. Or at least like I should be. I don’t...
Raising Yourself

Raising Yourself

by | Apr 30, 2018 | My Story

I was raised in and torn between two conflicting, bipolar worlds. There was the world I longed for and lived in on weekends – my mother’s world, which was the fanatical, puritanical cult of the Moonies – and the world I was forced to live in during the week – my...
I would never be with an alcoholic

I would never be with an alcoholic

by | Feb 26, 2018 | My Story

That’s what I said to myself, all those years ago when I (practically) crawled into my first Al-Anon meeting. “I would never be with an alcoholic.” I was engaged to a man who drank. Whose drinking bothered me. Whose personality changed (in a not nice way) when he...
I amaze myself

I amaze myself

by | Feb 22, 2018 | My Story

There. I said it. It’s not only weird and amazing that I can feel it and admit it to myself, it’s outrageous that I just said that out loud. To, I hope, a lot of people. I am blessed to be in Colorado skiing. It is beyond beautiful. It is beyond breathtaking. It is...