If you’re a little girl in China, getting born is hard enough. (Then it gets tougher.) Like the rest of the world, I was shocked this week when the Olympic opening ceremony switch story surfaced. Two little girls – one judged as pretty an...

My dad isn’t what you’d call a career politician, but he’s currently running for the top office in my hometown. Last night, friends of the family threw him a “coffee.” (For those of you not from small towns, allow me to translate: a bunch o...

Sunday I went shopping for three brides-to-be, and the green-eyed monster was my constant companion. The Laurens (two of my sorority sisters,) got gifts for their new homes, and Candice (who’s marrying my best friend’s brother) got some rather ta...