I was doing some online shopping for my son’s back to school clothes and came across Fear of God Essentials. My kids never cared about labels. In fact, my one son cared so little, that he chose to wear all black every single day. And not just all black, but the same black t-shirts and…

I haven’t written in a while. In all honesty, I was thinking it’s time to give up this blog. As confident as I may come across, I have little demons in my head that say things like, “Just stop, Tiffany. You’re embarrassing yourself. No one cares what you have to say.” I believe them and…

We brought our son to his college orientation last week. I thought it was going to be a fun day of seeing what life would be like for him at school. It was not. Instead, it was the most boring day I’ve had in a long time. I don’t blame the school though, I blame…

PJ isn’t feeling well and woke me up with his snoring, so I’m just sitting here listening to him. His snore sounds like the repeated “da-nun” in the song War Pigs. Blogs can’t accurately describe songs, but I will try my best: Generals gathered in their massessss Da-Nun (<—PJ’s snore) Just like witches at black…

I’m reading Anna Karenina right now. Ok, ok, I’m listeningggg to Anna Karenina right now. I have to point that out because PJ says listening to a book is not the same as reading it. I say, screw you, nerd, at least I’m consuminggg literature. I can’t read with my eyeballs because I’ll go from…

The other day I was talking about what brought me & PJ together and I casually said that he saved my life and then gave me my life. It’s been going through my mind ever since because it perfectly sums up our life together. He’s given me unconditional love, unwavering support, and most importantly, my…

My dad graduated from Power Memorial High School in Manhattan in 1963. One thing I’ve mentioned a lot through the years is how he was on the same basketball team as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who still called himself Lew Alcindor back then. Some of you may be thinking, “Ok, we get it… you’ve bragged about this…

As I’m about to send my first-born off to college, the weight of what it is to be a parent has been hitting hard. I believe in God. I believe He serves us lessons. Not always obvious ones, but if you look closely, they’re there. Like right now, there’s a bird’s nest in the wreath…

Easter is a holiday that was a lot more fun when I was a kid. Like in kindergarten when we made hats by stapling paper flowers to the top of a styrofoam plate and securing it with a big satin ribbon tied under our chins. We’d have a parade around the school to show off…

Right before we got married, PJ and I lived in an apartment on Elm Street in Huntington, NY. It was far from a nightmare (ba dum bah 🥁). I loved Huntington. If Long Island taxes weren’t so ridic and we could afford to stay there, it’s where I wanted to live. Alas, all we could…

I would say I was a Brit in a past life, but I spill way too much of my personal life to have that honor. The British are often quite reserved. Like, what’s going on in the Beckham family – I’m sure if Brooklyn didn’t disown his parents first, they would have disowned him for…

My father Thomas Condon, Jr. is 81 years old. PJ and I have referred to him as the real-life Forrest Gump. Yes, he has the gift of gab like Forrest, but it’s the way he has always lived his life that reminds us of Gump – floating along like a feather in the wind. Pa,…

Does your husband: Belittle you? Yes? Divorce him. Lie to you? Yes? Divorce him. Never on your side? Yes? Divorce him. Make you feel safe & secure? No? Divorce him. Dependable? No? Divorce him. A man-child? Yes? Divorce him. Think he deserves for the world to give him everything? Yes? Divorce him. Act one way…

Can we all admit now that Trump is ruining our country? I feel like there can be no reasonable defense for him at all anymore. And as much as I get the utmost pleasure when I am right about something, it’s not even about that. I am so genuinely worried about what he will do…

🎶 This land is your land… this land is my land… from California… to the New York islands… from the Redwood Forest… to the Gulf Stream waters…this land was made for you and me… 🎶 – taught to me in elementary school by Mrs. Hudson 🎶 Make new friends… but keep the old… one is…

Toward the end of last year, so many sad things happened, that my friend and I were discussing how we couldn’t take it anymore. I can’t go into detail because they are not my stories to tell, but it was a lot. Then something happened in my own life that could have sealed my depression…

While decorating my parents’ tree last week, I took a picture of Lol and PJ sitting on the couch together. It may have looked like a normal photo of a mother & son-in-law lounging and having polite conversation, but in reality, they were having an intense, in-depth conversation about Christmas cookies. This is 90% of…

I brought my son to get his senior pictures taken yesterday. I dropped the ball on getting them done earlier in the year at the high school, so we had to drive 40 minutes into Charlotte to the photographer’s studio. I had to do this myself a million years ago and I remember it being…

Today is my 49th birthday. I’ve made it a tradition to write down the things I’m grateful for – the list being equal to the number of years I’m alive. Obviously I’m grateful for my family and all the important stuff, but this is just a list of things I really enjoy. It’s not preconceived…

Theodore Roosevelt gave a speech on April 23, 1910 called, “Citizen in a Republic”. The following is an excerpt from the speech that is often referred to as, “The Man in the Arena.” I have it framed on a wall in my house to remind my kids that they should never, ever listen to the…

I’m going through some, shall we say, unsavory times with my teenage son right now. I can’t go into detail because, like I’ve said before, I don’t care about embarrassing myself or oversharing my experiences, but it’s not my place to do it for others. But I did feel the need to shed some light…

Yesterday I read an excerpt about how George Harrison reacted to John Lennon’s death. He believed John was going to be ok because the body is just a suit you take off when you die, the soul is eternal. This is a Hindu belief called Atman. I thought, “Wow, that’s what I believe too!” It’s…

I came across an old diary from when I was a preteen. Man do I crack myself up. I read it to my family and they got some insight into the way my demented mind works. We laughed the hardest at an entry where my family got stuck on the side of the road in…

When I was around 10 years old, my cousins came over to play. We were upstairs when one of us looked out the bedroom window and saw two unfamiliar people walking down the street. I exclaimed, “Jehovah’s Witnesses, HIDE!!” Everyone I knew had the same reaction when spotting a duo going door-to-door. I never knew…

And when the broken hearted people living in the world agreeThere will be an answer, let it beFor though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will seeThere will be an answer, let it be Paul McCartney, or as Pa calls him – Paul McCarthy, sang that in the song Let…

Maybe hate is a strong word. But I remember when I was 17, it felt like I hated my parents. Everything they said was stupid. Everything they did was stupid. Even when they agreed with me they were being stupid. I grew out of it, and when I’d think back I’d feel really guilty because…

As much as I love my life now, I miss summers from when I was a kid. Here in North Carolina, every house (at least now) is built with central air; and although that definitely has its perks, it also takes something away. On Long Island in the 80s and 90s, most homes didn’t have…

Religion is such a bone of contention in the world. If everyone just believed what was in their own heart and let others believe what was in theirs, the world would be a MUCH better place. And if you don’t believe in anything, that’s fine too. Live and let live and mind ya damn business!…

Two things happened to me recently that almost made my head explode. I’m talking like, flames… flames on the side of my face (RIP Madeline Kahn ♥️🙏) First: PJ and I recently returned from a much-needed vacation. We did nothing but relax. It was glorious. I felt refreshed and ready to get back to real…