The realization that we are sending our kids off to college. Saying our goodbyes, tenderly.
Backbone
When parenting requires the backbone to say no.
Stacked
Looks? Sure, they matter. Health? Naturally. Money? Stuff? Of course. We all have to eat, right? Yet I look around my little house and the way I count my riches has to do with stacks of books on my bedroom floor – eighteen of them – an assortment of references and magazines that have overflowed […]
What Do You REALLY Learn On The Internet?
The Internet… Instant Learning For All Things Important?
Behind Closed Doors
By now, whether you’re up on pop culture or not, a fan of Reality TV or not – you’ve heard the sad news of 47-year old businessman Russell Armstrong, whose suicide is being discussed across the Internet. He was the estranged husband of “Real Housewife” of Beverly Hills, Taylor Armstrong, 40, and speculation has been […]
Life Alone or Life Coupled?
So what’s your preference? Find the woman of your dreams? The man of your dreams? Are you anticipating a rosy romance leading to traditional marriage? Or have you been there, done that – and now prefer your life on your own? Recently on the Huffington Post, I mused on the state of affairs relative to […]
I Love Lucy… Who Do You Love?
What fiery redhead do we all know and love? 100 years ago today, Lucille Desirée Ball was born in Jamestown, New York. Nominated 13 times for an Emmy – and snagging 4 wins – Lucy offered up her antics “live” in our living rooms in the 50s and 60s, and for decades after, in syndication. […]
Of Sons And Futures
I can’t tell you when it started or what I did to warrant it because I do not know. Yet I always assumed I must have done something to initiate such disdain, such derision, and the tussling that frequently finished with me in bruises and tears, and him – indifferent, as he walked away, with […]
Hidden Costs of Cohabitation
Do we really know what we should when it comes to living together?
Jennifer Lopez – “Feeling Good”
I couldn’t resist this headline: “Jennifer Lopez says she’s happy” – with a quick summary that took me to a longer article reporting that JLo says she “feels good.” Hey, I didn’t write it, and I don’t believe it. Do you? But I clicked on the article all the same, and then I read, and […]