A Seat at the Bar, with Augusten Burroughs

Excuse me.  Yes, I'm terribly sorry to interrupt you and your sparkling water drinking at this bar that I know you loathe because, well, we don't imbibe anymore and this kind of thing is a big fat bore, but I need you to know a few things so you'll just have to indulge me.  It's ok, …

A Family Lives Here

We are not unlike the multitudes of families out there who enjoyed a Saturday in the snow and perhaps got a bit too excited at the prospect of babies touching feeling tasting snow for the very first time ever.  You see, when the world has told you no too often to count, and you keep saying YES, you celebrate …

All I Want for Christmas is to Stop Crying All the Damn Time

It's been a wild ride, this past year.  As I think back to a year ago when I was filled to the brim with babies, not yet knowing who they were or what they would look like or HOW THE HELL WERE THEY GOING TO GET OUT OF THERE ANYWAY?  I was at my wit's end with discomfort …