Category: The Girl

The One Where I Question Everything I Know To Be True

Everything was fine. I was taking this whole having-a-teenager thing in stride, getting through every day waiting for the other shoe to drop. She’s been awesome, I whisper to myself in blissful surprise. She still likes me! I don’t embarrass her (unless I’m singing, which to be fair, embarrasses even…

They Are Basically Paula Abdul And That Cat. Or Something.

In the car, singing along to whatever song is playing on Radio Disney. Josh to Emily: You are being so Hermione Granger right now. The funny thing is, he meant it as an insult.  The funnier thing is, she took it as a compliment.  And that right there is the…

On Hello Kitty-less Dresses And Starbucks First Daters

The thing about having a teeny teenager is that when it comes time for her to get dressed up mostly formally for friends’ Bar- and Bat Mitzvahs, we sort of get stuck between a rock and a hard place. Or, say, a babyish dress that fits or a grown-up dress…