For a while now, Joe has known that my job is Writer, Dad’s job is Actor, and his job is to play with cars. But Monday he starts a MONTESORRI PRESCHOOL, SOB, and the word …
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41st-ist
Happy happy birthday to my wonderful husband, who’s having the 41st-iest birthday there ever was, in a corporate apartment for his wife’s job, filming an audition for his own, letting his toddler take most of …
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in what world
To the lady behind me in previews the other night who full volume asked in the middle of a scene, IN WHAT WORLD ARE YOU BLACK WHEN YOU’RE YOUNG AND WHITE WHEN YOU’RE OLD? And …
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Uncle Dan
We’ve been very lucky to have the help of everyone from family and friends to friends of friends, strangers, and strangers that we employ, to help us keep Joe alive during this insane time for …
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voice to text
My new favorite thing is when your phone is recording a voice memo and you don’t know it and the product is a gorgeous, absurdist monologue that contains little pieces of your life. Buried in …
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this is for you
Dear Girl who sat across the aisle from me at the Notebook preview last night, who spent act one sobbing, then laughing, then sobbing, chugging red wine, shouting YES at moments you knew, whispering secrets …
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together
These two have uprooted their lives for a few weeks to be with me in Chicago so I can sneak moments with them and hear Joe shriek for his waffle in the morning. It hasn’t …
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I am my own critic
We are now a mere DAYS away from inviting humans into see the Notebook. There are moments when it feels perfect and cathartic and I want to cry because of how much all the years …
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words do not begin
We still have a lot to do a fix and learn, but so far, the Notebook is….a dream come true? A heart’s cry? Grad school and life school, a permanent song in my head. Ingrid …
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buy now, think later
I don’t like money as much as I should. When I receive a big check for writing something, or even just regular, guild standard compensation, I know I should feel grateful and like I earned …