I stood at the waters' edge near my home in Hoboken, watching the plumes of fire and smoke spewing from the Twin Towers in Lower Manhattan. In my 27 years, I never thought I'd ever see anyt
I was taking ballroom dancing lessons. I thought one of the boys in the class was really cute and couldn't wait to dance with him. He was the only boy who was as tall as I was. The first time
I was visiting a friend at her home on the Upper East Side. Her brother was home from college and hanging out with some of his college friends. The boys were good-looking athletes and the girls were
It was just before Christmas when my mother took me to see the Nutcracker on Broadway. I was enthralled-the ballerinas, the wooden soldiers, the music, the amazing production. I felt like I was livi
For my fourth birthday, I got a brown-and-white pony I called Tootsie Roll. We lived in a big house that had stables where my father kept his horses. I loved to ride Tootsie Roll. She was gentle an
Our school had a mixer with a nearby boy's academy. One of the boys was the son of one of my mother's friends. He was a year older than I was and had a reputation with the girls. One day,