October 8, 2014 – 11:13 am
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…
September 4, 2014 – 9:17 pm
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…
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…