Tag Archives: holidays

How to define Easter beyond the Marshmallow Bunnies

Is this the year I spill the beans about the bunny, I wondered, perusing the Easter aisles at a local store, wondering which was worse: the fabricated fable or celebrating Jesus with brightly colored Peeps. How much longer can I pretend a furry animal enters our home each year bearing toys and goodies, hiding eggs […]

Celebrating Christmas in a single-parent household

Even though my daughter had never celebrated Christmas day with her father, I found myself with the need to make up for his absence. I would make my list and check it more than twice. Surely, I thought, children of divorce need more presents to compensate for the lack of presence, right? As much as […]