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It wasn’t until I started traveling the country that I first met people who had never been to New York City. To me, that was like saying they had never tried pizza, or learned how to ride a bike. New York isn’t just another city, it is [...]

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My memory of life before children is a bit hazy, but I do recall a trip to Las Vegas with my husband. We drove out from L.A., and I remember the lights of Vegas suddenly rising up, as if out of nowhere. Considering it was Sin City, our [...]

My kids inspire me to be a better person. They test my patience, they make me laugh, they make me cry, they humble me.
I can always do better for them.
My daughter Anna has a special place in my heart. One that includes uneven bars, a beam, a bouncy floor and a vault. Anna [...]

I didn’t grow up with Waffles.

As a young Italian child I eat lots of these sweet pastries called cornetti:

But I have a soft spot for Waffles and I often eat them with my kids in the morning.They seem to enjoy them.
“Hey! look at me, what is this soft sweet thing in my hands?”

Yummy….I [...]

I don’t use accessories as much as I used to before having kids.
The pulling and tugging on the earrings and necklaces is excruciating, so I willingly gave them up before losing an earlobe to my daughters’ capable hands. I’m left with a childproof short hair cut and a tired look.

Accessories could [...]

Today a journalist and crew came to my home to do the first part of an interview about my story on adoption and disruption.

I’ve hesitated to talk about this because there are so many things to say, and they aren’t easy as I continue to process this experience and learn from it.
I [...]

This is my essay about our experience and I decided to re-post it here on my blog because some of you have asked me, so here it is.
David
The first time I considered giving up D. I was lying alone in my oversized bed. It was about midnight, my children were asleep and my [...]

I never thought that I’d actually hope my daughter wouldn’t fall asleep too quickly so that I could keep reading her books, but it’s happened.
I’m becoming obsessed with Nancy Drew. Maybe it’s because I grew up in Italy and we didn’t read Nancy Drew, but I love her and her dad.
Luisa and I are reading [...]

An inordinate amount of humans and pets adore shoes. Pets have a close relationship with them. If loyal, the furry ones take pleasure in inhaling the smell of their owner’s shoes. If disloyal they’ ll take the first smelly shoe they find lying around.

Zoe, our cat, falls into the second category.
Women People have hundreds dozens [...]

I’m writing an article for Operation Homefront on the changes that are taking place at the VA.
It may not mean much to many of us, but it will hopefully make a world of difference to someone affected by PTSD.
Here’s the full text of the press release.
Basically it’s a softer requirement and the [...]