Why I Love Young Adults

I ♥ YA because You Still Get Married

June 19, 2012

In a time when an estimated 50% of marriages end in divorce, it’s amazing how you persist walking down the aisle, saying “yes to the frothy white dress,” and fretting over reception seating—after all, you can’t have squabbling family members seated close enough to lob Swedish meatballs at each other. Many of your parents and … More I ♥ YA because You Still Get Married

I ♥ YA because You are Deliciously Tall

June 13, 2012

Here I am in the kitchen trying to make dinner, but I need the jar of Ragu on the top shelf of our absurdly tall cabinets. Because he’s got the appetite of a crash of pachyderms, my nineteen-year old is sniffing around the pantry asking, “What’s for dinner.” “Nothing,” I say, “unless you’ll be kind … More I ♥ YA because You are Deliciously Tall

WHY “Why I Love Young Adults”

June 7, 2012

Yesterday I read a hilarious blog: The problem with young people. When my son Ethan (19 year old and obviously a young person) stopped hiccuping and crying from laughing so hard, I thought about all the good things about young people. I should know–I’m the mother of six of them. Ethan said the good things aren’t funny. … More WHY “Why I Love Young Adults”