The Cup-It List

Today's my birthday, and in honor of this, I am going to institute my first annual Cup-It List. What's a Cup-It List? Well, do you remember the movie The Bucket List? In it, Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson play two old geezers who find they are both terminally ill. They make a list of things they’d like to do before they, as it is delicately phrased, “kick the bucket.”

• Posted 8 mon. ago.

Who's Gonna Take the Blame?

I am going to tell you something I don’t think even my husband knows —although he may suspect the truth. For almost eleven years, I have claimed that I have four children.  But that’s not true. In fact, I have five.  This fifth child is one who never comes out in public.  This child is – how can I say this in a loving, maternal way?  This child is a bad seed. Never …

• Posted 8 mon. ago.

Road Rage Rules

As a basketball/baseball, softball, and tennis mom, I haul kids all around the Triangle.  Add to that, driving from my home in Cary to schools in Raleigh, I really put some travel time on my van.  In a given day, I can drive 80 miles. Being on the road so much, it’s understandable that on very rare occasions, I get a teensy bit annoyed with my fellow road warriors.  Even more rarely,…

• Posted 9 mon. ago.

But that's my name

A couple of summers ago, I met myself. Not in the self-aware, reconnecting with my childhood kind of way, but I actually met a person named Pamela DeLoatch. We were at a family reunion for my husband’s side of the family, and there she was, a distant relative.

• Posted 9 mon. ago.

Chris Brown Quandary

• Posted 9 mon. ago.

Oh, Snap!

A few days ago, we had family photographs taken.  My husband is a very practical person, but surprisingly, he loves to get family pictures made every few years.  This year, he asked for them for his birthday, so off we went.

• Posted 9 mon. ago.

Mommy Swap

Do you ever watch the television show Wife Swap?  Far from being a salacious program on Cinemax, it’s more a cautionary tale that demonstrates that while improvement is always possible, be happy with what you’ve got.

• Posted 9 mon. ago.

The Man on Court 4

There he stood. My baby. Wearing his daddy's shoes. So what if he's fourteen and a good four inches taller than me. He's still and will ever more be, my baby. Recently, he and I, along with a group of my tennis friends, went to a tennis tournament in Greensboro. He was going to play 3.0 men’s tennis, which is pretty much an entry level for men’s competition. While he’d played casu…

• Posted 9 mon. ago.

Kay Yow

I never knew Kay Yow. As a Duke grad, I cheer for Blue Devils, not the Wolfpack. And as a tennis fan, I’m much more likely to know about Venus, Serena and Novak than any women’s college basketball player. But all day, she’s been on my mind, ever since I got the news that Coach Yow had lost her 20-year battle with cancer.

• Posted 9 mon. ago.

Yes, We All Can

When I was a freshman in college, I met a senior named Steve.  With his imposing height and deep voice, he exuded confidence.  But even I thought he was naïve when he announced (on a regular basis) that one day he was going to be president of the United States.

• Posted 10 mon. ago.