Recently, out of the blue, while we were sitting at the dinner table, Liliana turned to Dan and said–full sentence, I kid you not–“I love you, Papa.” Then she cocked her head, smiled, and looked at me. “I love you, Mama.” Oh heart, be still. Where did she learn to say that? And how did […]
I Want You To Be My Love
Frequently, I want to thank Dan for living this fantastic life with me. I want to shout out for joy that he’s chosen me to share his ups and downs with. This morning, the baby monitor was still on when he went down to get Liliana from her bedroom, so we could all have a […]
Marriage
Dan and I will have been married 18 years in June, and I’m sure Dan would agree with me, as I with him, that we are not the same two people who exchanged wedding vows on that warm summer evening in 1991. The importance of that statement (not being the same people) cannot be explained […]
Say Hey (I Love You)
I’m not an avid fan of rap, but I couldn’t resist this one. There’s such sheer unrivaled joy in it, and it says what I want to say to my…patron of the arts. Yep, that’d be my husband. I got to thinking the other day that he is exactly that. I wouldn’t have been able […]
Oscar Nominees
This will be the first year that Dan and I will not have seen most, if not all, of the Oscar-nominated films before Oscar night. In the past, we have found that throwing our own votes into the mix spices things up. This afternoon Dan and I saw Revolutionary Road, based on Richard Yates’s 1962 […]