Here’s our last post from Brooklyn. In honor of our new home, here are eleven of my favorite things about the great state of New Jersey, in no particular order:   1. Bagels 2. Diners 3. Frankie Valli 4. Meryl Streep 5. Bon Jovi 6. The shore 7. Taylor ham 8. The fact that you […]

People have been asking if I’ll miss anything about Brooklyn. The answer, of course, is yes. I’ll miss the friends we’ve made here, the church community we were a part of, walking just about everywhere, taking the subway and getting in and out of Manhattan so quickly, running around Prospect Park, having John get home […]

Let it be known that motherhood is not the end of a woman’s life; if you let it, it can be the beginning of a very special, very fulfilling chapter—and I don’t simply mean as a parent.   Every year of my motherhood, I have somehow taken on a new hobby. First, it was writing […]