Family is complicated, sisters even more so. But there’s something magical about the bound between family members and especially the bond between sisters that makes me feel just a little bit wistful for sisters my own age (with a thousand apologies to my two actual sisters, who are great, but nonetheless 9+ years older than [...]
Category Archive — dysfunctional families
Honor Among Thieves
Stealing is generally accepted to be bad. Says so right on those tablets Moses supposedly brought down the mountain. Taking things that aren’t yours – not cool. And yet…sometimes something that you know you’re not supposed to do ends up being the very thing you have to do. And if it’s fun at the same [...]
Happy Birthday, LND!
Exactly one year ago today, I wrote my first blog post for the Librarian Next Door. What started off as a project for a social media graduate school class has now become an integral part of my life. Blogging, it turns out, is in my blood. In honor of my “blog-aversary,” I present a trip [...]


