WHEN I FANTASIZE ABOUT DIFFERENT JOBS I COULD WORK, I always come back to the same idea — opening a tea shop that offers tutoring. It’s perfect. I love tea. I love tutoring. I’d call it Tea ‘n’ Tutoring. The Camellia Tea Room is terrified of me, obviously. If I ever got the capital together […]

MY MOTHER-IN-LAW SAYS SHE’S A PSYCHIC. But, more than that, she has the power to control the universe to do what she wants. I know. I didn’t believe her either. But she’s starting to break me.

MY 3-YEAR-OLD SON IS A TALKER. His words are like a dialogue balloon in a comic strip that expands until it fills the whole strip, squashing the other characters. On rare occasions when my husband and I are actually attempting to talk to each other, Colin will interject with: “Excuse me. What are you talking […]