The Daily Writes

Caregivers

February 2, 2015 by Tara

For the February issue of the GGMG Magazine, I volunteered to write a piece about my mom and caregiving. The issue was covering caregivers from various perspectives and I offered to write about how my mom, the ultimate 'mom's mom', has become someone … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Life as a Kid, Life as a Mom, The Hairy Underbelly, Uncategorized

A Step Into the Light

December 15, 2014 by Tara

My writing coach and friend tells me that feeling nauseous and unsettled about writing is par for the course. She assures me that the anxious feeling I get about meeting my goal of being published, and about having my writing in print, is normal. Not … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life as a Mom

Here We Go

November 21, 2014 by Tara

When I was 10 years old, I used to load a clean tape in my cassette recorder and set out on Wilhelmina Street to record adventures. I imagined myself a tour guide on the wild untamed streets of suburbia. Every day I told a new story or interviewed a … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: The story behind the blog

Solar Storm

September 11, 2014 by Tara

She knew she shouldn’t close her eyes, but she couldn’t help it. Just like when she found herself in the car with a really bad driver, sometimes Maxine just couldn’t take it. So she closed her eyes for a second or longer, letting the panic wash over … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Anxiety

Teenage Girls Are Scary

May 6, 2014 by Tara

I am the youngest of five children, four girls and one boy. Growing up I watched my sisters get ready to go to school, go on dates or to dances, and I watched them with my mom. It was traumatizing and I swore that if I ever had kids, I wouldn't want … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life as a Kid

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Profile Image I am a freelance writer, a marketing professional, a wife and a new mom. I write from the gut, a little on the raw side sometimes, about the hairy underbelly of life, urban mommyhood and entrepreneurism in downtown San Francisco.
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