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SLICE OF LIFE: Barbie ball park etiquette

By Vanessa Renderman vanessa.renderman@nwi.com, (219) 933-3244

"Yes, yes. We get it. You have no self-esteem, and you need attention from men to feel better about yourself!" I wanted to shout at the woman sitting near us at the White Sox game last week.

SLICE OF LIFE: Greeting cards sterilize real life

By Vanessa Renderman vanessa.renderman@nwi.com, (219) 933-3244

Today is Mother's Day.

SLICE OF LIFE: Piece of heaven in South Haven

By Vanessa Renderman vanessa.renderman@nwi.com, (219) 933-3244

We were in the middle of dragging luggage and coolers from the car to the rental house when my friend Megan stopped on the deck.

SLICE OF LIFE: Dressing the part

By Vanessa Renderman vanessa.renderman@nwi.com, (219) 933-3244

It's a rare and joyous moment for a woman in a dressing room when, after sizing herself up like a heifer in the 4-H barn at the county fair, she decides a garment is too big.

SLICE OF LIFE: Beware of pranksters today

By Vanessa Renderman vanessa.renderman@nwi.com, (219) 933-3244

Fourteen years ago today, I called my mom with panicked news from my dorm room on the fifth floor of Earhart Hall at Purdue in West Lafayette.

Slice of Life: Don't know much about trigonometry

By Vanessa Renderman vanessa.renderman@nwi.com, (219) 933-3244

People who know me would guess that my version of Hell would be me, trapped in a velvet-covered room with a ghost in one corner and a bendy-legged black spider in another.

SLICE OF LIFE: Taking the path more traveled

By Vanessa Renderman vanessa.renderman@nwi.com, (219) 933-3244

One day back in college, when I thought I was generating ideas and theories no one on Earth had ever imagined, I came up with an amazing and pointless observation.

Slice of Life: A spacey visit to Texas

By Vanessa Renderman vanessa.renderman@nwi.com, (219) 933-3241

I was mid-sentence when I realized my husband was no longer part of the conversation. I turned and saw him leap atop a concrete pillar.

SLICE OF LIFE: Faking it with football

By Vanessa Renderman vanessa.renderman@nwi.com (219) 933-3241

With today being a big sports day, I have exciting news to share: pitchers and catchers report this month.

SLICE OF LIFE: A Rose in full bloom

By Vanessa Renderman vanessa.renderman@nwi.com, (219) 933-3241

God willing, my Grandma Rose will turn 94 on Thursday.

SLICE OF LIFE: Cardboard man in the mirror

By Vanessa Renderman vanessa.renderman@nwi.com, (219) 933-3241

You know how when you tell someone you like a particular thing — like birds or the White Sox or Precious Moments — some form of that shows up in the gifts they give you?