An alternate view on motherhood and sex… courtesy of the French healthcare system.
New Normal
Disorientation at a crossroad. Life events to manage. Now what?
Christina Symanski – Weird News? Try Tragic
Here is what offends me: this news item was classified – wrongly and callously – as “weird news.” The journalistic summary in question pertains to the death of Christina Symanski, at age 31, a paraplegic who took her own life by starving herself. Incidentally, the starvation process required two months. She died December 1st, 2011, […]
Distinguished Achievements
You’re poking around on Facebook posting this or that and glancing in spite of yourself at the assortment of ads that compete for your attention. And then you see it: Find out if you qualify for the prestigious Who’s Who 2012 Registry of Distinguished Female Executives and Professionals… While the term “distinguished” conjures images of […]
Calling Home
I’m sitting at a red light in Friday rush hour traffic. It’s a ridiculous time of day to be out and I know it, but here I am, stuck and fidgeting, when the cell phone sitting in the passenger seat rings. I answer, pushing speaker phone. “Hi Mom,” he says. I’d been hoping he’d call […]
Losing the Habit of Self-Care
Why putting yourself last is a bad idea.
Parisian Parenting: Should We Take a Lesson?
French parenting style: cultural differences beyond the obvious.
Not Talking
When NOT talking is the right thing to do.
Exit Strategies
When college students call from far, far away.
The Rightness of Reading
Do you read to your little ones? A real book – with paper pages that smudge and yellow, and a bound spine of some sort? Did your parents or grandparents read to you as a child? Does the pleasure of reading fill you with a state of calm? Time to read – an actual book […]