Author Archives: Tanya

Cat and Tate are away spending this week with my parents. While normally this is a time for celebration (i.e. cleaning closets with a glass of wine in my hand and reading entire books without pictures or rhyming), this year … Continue reading →

Today Cat found her father’s high school yearbook in a closet. “Mom, what is this?” she asked. “Daddy’s yearbook,” I replied. “Do you want me to help you find funny pictures of Daddy so that we can laugh at him?” … Continue reading →

Sometimes when we are in the car, Cat, Tate and I play the “Perfect World” Game. Essentially, each player describes what would be going on in her perfect world at a given moment. Recently, while en route to camp, Cat, … Continue reading →

The girls are out of town being spoiled silly by their grandparents so Darling Hubby and I kicked off “Chris and Tanya’s Week of Fun” today. We slept in late, read the newspaper and decided to have lunch at P.F. … Continue reading →

It’s 4:50 a.m. I am in the business center of the hotel, listening to Kenny G. on the hotel’s system, having given up on sleep after an hour of tossing and turning. I’m not usually prone to insomnia. I treasure … Continue reading →

I’ve discovered on this roadtrip that small children have a different sense of time and history than the rest of us do. Apparently, “history” is the time from now all the way back until they were born and “ancient history” … Continue reading →

I had to take Cat to have some medical tests today. Prior to starting the test, the technician asked if there was a history of gall bladder disease in the family. “No,” I responded, “In fact we are a pretty … Continue reading →