So much to say!

Apologies, dear readers, for my absence in the blogosphere. It seems my beloved Leo is extraordinarily colicky - and as any parent of a colicky baby knows, there is no fix. Your gorgeous baby turns into a screamer for three hours a day, three days a week and for up to three months. We are fortunate enough to have an extraordinary baby nurse, but it's really heartbreaking to hear the one you love scream. We've read Dr. Harvey Karp's book and we know it's temporary - ergo, a break from blogging.

I also have almost completed my manuscript and I am forever grateful to my agent and my editor for their patience through a high risk pregnancy and difficult babyhood. I took my therapists' recommendation that I was diagnosed with PPD and am taking steps to alleviate that. Most trauma survivors have their wounds opened anew when they have children, especially colicky ones because they blame themselves for a baby who cries. That said, Leo is a gorgeous baby who rewards me with lots of smiles and he loves to look at the massive bookshelves in our library, our paintings, the pattern of wallpaper and the pleats in the curtains. He is smart, curious and just gorgeous, with a full head of surfer boy blond hair. "Love" does not begin to describe the feelings we all have for him. In a few weeks, his "fourth trimester", as they term colic, will end. He loves taking a bath - it brings him back to the womb.

But since I have so much to say about Casey Anthony's arrest on murder charges, the Tori Bowen "rape as a word" case, the trial of Darryl Littlejohn and all sorts of things, I will be back soon.

In the meantime, I want everyone to laugh. The genius of this piece you've undoubtedly seen is that Samberg's Mark Wahlberg is so dead on! His cadence, his body language. Some folks don't get it. I laughed heartily for first time in a while! Lest you forget, his character, Degnan, was the best part of "The Departed".

Be back in a while with lots to say! Miss you all!