Neither too big nor too small, this family is just right Neither too big nor too small, this family is just right. I don’t remember where I read it, but I recently encountered an article that discussed a new and disturbing phenomenon: People are getting d ...
13 Sep 2012 - Street Roots
Through the eyes of a child, an old scene is new again I don’t know if it’s the aging process or just evidence of how great my neighborhood is that I’m finding it increasingly difficult to leave it for any reason. Evenings and weekends, the kid, the husba ...
16 Aug 2012 - Street Roots
On the edge of age six, a challenging persona arrives Way back when I was Very Pregnant in the early summer of 2006, my charming husband Marshall and I spent the evenings dreaming of who the person we would soon be living with might be. We knew she’d be a ...
20 Jun 2012 - Street Roots
Cautionary tales can have happy and fearless endings By Melissa Favara, Contributing Columnist When I was 7, I listened up when my mom told me about Adam Walsh, the little boy who was abducted and murdered in Florida, and I never strayed from her at the g ...
26 Apr 2012 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! It’s going to be a great weekend, the weatherman says, with a 100 percent chance of Street Roots coming to a neighborhood near you. Pick up your copy tomorrow morning and share a sunny smile with your friendly vendor. Here’s what’s rolling o ...
12 Apr 2012 - Street Roots
Fate puts us in unexpected places; we’re on our own from there By Melissa Favara, Contributing Columnist I’ve been lucky enough for the last five years to write a monthly documentary column on my ever-changing kid Ramona for Metro Parent Magazine. Basical ...
28 Mar 2012 - Street Roots