Tomorrow I'm leaving for a very overdue vacation and I'm heading...home. Yes there's a big part of me that considers the east coast especially Boston my home. I know, I know, I've lived in L.A. for almost ten years. For moment it's where I live and not my home. Maybe that will change when life with my child becomes the new normal but I'm not sure. Over the last 3 years when I've travelled east I' ve wondered if this will be the last one by myself. There are so many peop

I have a serious collection of Charlie Brown figures, books and all kinds of treasures. My love for him started almost 20 years ago when I hit what I thought was some bad luck. I whined one day to a friend that I was like Charlie Brown and had a little black cloud following me around and we became soulmates. When I got my head together and my luck "changed" I also realized that I had been misrepresenting Charlie Brown. He was actually a resilient little boy who got up over

"Alex, are you excited for football season?" one of my co-workers asked me the other day. I looked at her funny because I'm DEEP in baseball mode, praying the Red Sox can make it to the playoffs. Then it occured to me and I asked, "Are you ready for some treats? Is that why you're asking?" She shyly nodded and I grinned knowing my football season activities makes everyone happy. Every Sunday I tune in to watch my Patriots (and other teams if there is nothing else on) and ba

Carefully or gusto? Timidly or like a linebacker? I'm not sure there's a right answer. Or maybe the right answer is it depends on the day. Take this website as an example. I started my "official" adoption journey a little over a year ago and made the decision to become a mother almost 3 years ago. But it wasn't until very recently, in the quiet of a Saturday afternoon that I started to feel anxious. Not desperate but I started to worry I wasn't doing enough to make my dr