Balancing Act by Alison Lebovitz My closet has become a veritable three-ring circus. Every morning as I enter my not-so-big tent to get dressed, I wave to the animal print garments and faux-fur accessories surrounding me, nod approvingly at the crowd of shoes below me and then begin my daily high wire act. This precarious [...]
The Acne of Defeat by Alison Lebovitz They say with age comes a clearer understanding of the world around you. This may be true, but at this point I would settle for a clearer complexion of the skin around me. As a teenager I never had more than the occasional pimple, so I just don’t [...]
Fueling passion in life is a father’s job by Chuck Tuttle I’ve been working with children in theatre for thirty years and I thought that I understood kids until I had my own. I don’t know if I understand kids any better now, but I understand parents better. Sometimes I get calls from parents of [...]
A Most Holy Night by Michael Gray In the little country church I attended tradition held that we always sang Silent Night at the end of the Christmas service. It always began with a young girl singing the first verse solo, then a verse sung in Italian, finally followed by the whole congregation singing together. [...]
YouTubing by Alison Lebovitz When our youngest son, Levi, turned seven he could read like a champ, do math like a whiz, and even play chess like a young Bobby Fischer. What he couldn’t do, however, was tie his own shoes. I blame myself, of course. The years of buying those revolutionary no-tie sneaks with [...]
by Wayne Collins. Think holidays, and one of the inevitable images that comes to mind is smiling people doing a good turn for someone through volunteering. That is an excellent thing. A gift of time toward a cause that you feel strongly about can pay dividends far beyond the obvious benefit to the organization you [...]
by Alison Lebovitz. It’s been a long time since I took my driver’s test, but for some reason I don’t recall there being a section of either the written or practical part that prepares you for the one skill that every parent must ultimately learn to perfect – the ability to drive and DJ at [...]
“Fathers, be good to your daughters”. For in their eyes.. we hang the moon. By Chris Atkins My wife and I sat together at a local deli eating lunch one warm Sunny afternoon with our 11 and 9 year old daughters and our toddler son. While we were enjoying our sandwiches, my oldest daughter remembered [...]
Dear Tooth Fairy by Alison Lebovitz Now that I am officially in my forties (okay, so I just turned forty-one), I am desperately hanging on to all of the things I took for granted when I was in my twenties and thirties – my wrinkle-free skin, my ability to function on less than seven hours [...]
by Stevie Ray Dallimore Photo credit: Katie Forbes Dallimore It has been nearly a year since I moved to Chattanooga with my family from Washington Heights in the northern part of Manhattan. “Upstate Manhattan” we like to call it. Now I am on a mountain in Georgia. The view I had in New York was [...]
