Category: The Girl

Don’t Rain on Her Parade

Meet two of my favorite Cheerios—Quinn Fabray and Santana Lopez. Or, if you will, my 11-year-old daughter Emily and her friend Molly. I’m an incredibly proud mama bear this morning. Mostly because this was the first play (in a long line of plays like The Wizard of Oz and Grease…

Odette/Odile

Emily was born on the Jewish holiday of Purim—a holiday that includes masquerading, celebrating, and enjoying delicious food. After over twenty hours of sitting around and waiting for something to actually, you know, happen, my OB went off of his shift, went home to his family to celebrate the holiday…

On Not Performing Chris Brown. It’s Not JUST A SONG.

So. I just posted this on my daughter’s Facebook wall. She’s just three weeks shy of 11. And then I cried like an infant. My daughter, who is not quite 11, came to me a few weeks ago to tell me that she and some friends were planning to perform…