Author Archives: TheWayISeeIt

I had to call the Department of Water & Power. After going through the various layers of automated choices, the recorded voice on the other side, for no seemingly good reason, said “Goodbye” and left me in limbo. I wasn’t even sure if I was on hold or not. This happened repeatedly. So I calledContinue reading “Can You Hear Me Now?”

After several hours of skiing with the family, I bought a snack for my son. As we were walking away, a penny from my change fell on the ground. I ignored it. “Mom, you dropped a penny,” offered my helpful son. So I said, “That’s okay. We’ll leave it on the ground so someone canContinue reading “Nope, Not Today”

My husband and I were in the living room at night. As I was finishing up with something on my phone, he was watching another show while waiting to watch Yellowstone with me. During this transitional moment, our 11 year-old came in and sat between us. The show on the screen was called Fauda, andContinue reading “Daddy Time”

On a larger scale technology unites us. But on a smaller, local scale it separates us. We can now easily meet people all over the world, yet there can be a group of friends in the same room, all on their phones, not interacting with each other at all. They are in physical proximity butContinue reading “The Technology Dichotomy”

Our sweet little Bucky passed. He was 17 or may be even 18 years old. He lived a long, healthy, happy life (except for his early years, before he was rescued). He was such an enthusiastic, happy soul who was a constant model for how to live life with grace. We humans create mental storiesContinue reading “The Tao of Bucky”

One of our 10 year-olds discovered a new favorite food: spinach. Yes, that green leafy vegetable that is so often portrayed as something most kids hate (which I actually don’t buy into, by the way). He tasted mine at a restaurant recently and although he’s liked it before, it’s like a light went on thisContinue reading “Nature, Nurture, and Judgement”

I’m getting lost in the world of Curtis Mayfield again. It’s a beautiful, soulful, psychedelic-twinged, extremely wonderful world I could be happy living in forever. Apart from his music, which is, well…divine…I love soaking in the endless nuances, layers, and dynamic, ever-shifting tones of his voice, which is somehow simultaneously simple and complex. Then there’sContinue reading “The World of Curtis”

My (old) humorous review of the book “Fifty Shades of Grey” You know how when you enter a Porta Potty and part of you tries not to look in the hole with all the grossness in it but another part of you does it anyway? That’s what reading Fifty Shades of Grey was like for me. TheContinue reading “When Pain is Just Pain”

When my daughter was 10, she saw a picture of me that I like because my face look thinner in it. She said, “I don’t like this picture of you. Your face looks too thin.”‬‪ ‬‪This is the same girl who used to jiggle the post-pregnancy fat on my stomach, lovingly lay her head onContinue reading “Body of Evidence”

When I was picking up my three kids from their afterschool program on campus, one of my sons, 8 at the time, simply would not leave. I tried getting him to come repeatedly, but to no avail. The other two kids, along with myself, were getting really annoyed. There was a bit of “Mommy, let’sContinue reading “Why Perfect Parenting Is Far From Perfect”