Nicki Gilbert

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Jul 24, 2014, 1:21 AM

For All These Things

My music teacher in elementary school was Mrs Orr. She was a lovely, Israeli woman with a graceful neck and blonde hair. I liked her. She would stand on the stage and move her hands in time to the...

Mar 11, 2014, 5:33 PM

I was always the youngest. Not at home, at home I was the oldest. But everywhere else I was usually the youngest. The youngest in my grade. The youngest in my ballet or drama class. Because I have the...

Feb 25, 2014, 4:36 PM

E.T. Phone home

My teenage boy is an alien. And by alien I mean foreign. Far away from me. It’s not so much that I don’t understand him, or that he communicates as if he’s from another planet. There is some of...

Feb 13, 2014, 4:46 PM

I wish I knew what she was thinking

That blank stare. I never knew if she was happy, angry, sad, pissed off at me, or maybe not understanding my fast, accented English. Was it not okay that I dumped the groceries in the kitchen and then dashed out...

Feb 5, 2014, 4:17 PM

Don’t say the f-word

There are very few words in the whole of the English language that I don’t love. I love the shape of words, how they sound in my head and out loud, how they feel in my mouth. I love...

Jan 30, 2014, 3:54 PM

Please switch to airplane mode

Leaving now. Luv u It’s 5am. I was just falling back to sleep. But I reply: Luv u Four, five, six hours later: Landed K. Thanks He travels a lot. Almost every week, at least three days a week, all over – Seattle, Cleveland, Dallas,...

Jan 21, 2014, 5:15 PM

Longing for a letter – no app for that

Handwritten letter (Handwritten letter image via Shutterstock)

This mega-texter loves the convenience of modern communication, but its breakneck pace leaves her pining for ink and paper

Jan 7, 2014, 4:20 PM

Baby, I’m yours

My little guy loves to stroke my arms. And snuggle his face into my neck. “You smell good,” he says, looking up at me with his liquid brown eyes, “Your skin is soft.” His apple cheeks lift up as...

Dec 30, 2013, 10:08 PM

“Jon Lovitz." This is the text I woke up to on Friday morning. I love that guy. I don’t have a lot of celebrity crushes – Jon Hamm is my numero uno (although I’m not sure if it’s him or Don...

Dec 21, 2013, 1:53 AM

Last week was a week from hell. It slammed me from the inside out, from the outside in, up, down and sideways. A bad week? That would’ve been doable. Anyone who saw me, spoke to me, texted me can...

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About Me

Nicki Gilbert, South African by chance and Californian by choice, lives in the California Bay Area with her husband, four kids and Pretzel, the dachshund. She has worked in theater, marketing, and event planning, and is now a full-time barely-at-home mom, writer, avid reader, country music lover and wannabe surf diva.