I can’t remember if I trembled when they asked. I’m pretty sure I did. The request arrived in an e-mail but would’ve been cooler if it came via telegraph. Coming to your town for five days –(STOP)- Can we stay with you –(STOP)- Or at least share one good Italian meal I cupped my hand
Confession: I expected to be slammed with opposition over last week’s blog post on school shooting solutions. And then it didn’t happen. In fact, people shared the post over 140 times making it my third most popular post ever, behind Sex and Bread. So today, in my follow-up post on the subject, I’m offering several
Valentine’s Day is for lovers, not shooters. And these school shootings, they just keep happening. The shooting in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018 was one of seven (not 18) intentional shootings that occurred during normal school hours in America this year. That’s one school shooting a week so far in 2018. This is not okay.
“Why do you think you and Dad are still together?” Sandwich Child asked me that question last year. For her marriage and family psychology course at Wagner College, she was required to interview both parents. After I told her my theory about love and respect, which I blogged about here, I explained how important it
Some gal wrote a book claiming every girl longs to be swept off her feet, rescued, a bride. Not me. There’s a picture of me when I was small, at a toy ironing board, in a dress-up wedding gown. Mom must’ve made me do it, probably tickled me at the last minute to get me to
“Something’s wrong—changed—with your dad,” Tony Bear said. “He’s not as social as he used to be. Not as talkative. And when you ask him a question, he does this thing where he turns it around and asks you the question.” I’m embarrassed to say, it was my husband—not me, not my mother—who first recognized my father’s cognitive
The Inciting Incident One evening during July 2015, my guys and I returned from a parade downtown to find three messages on the answering machine. They all said the same thing: My mother had fallen at home and been transported to the hospital in her town, 45 minutes away. I packed a bag and drove
“Just when you think life may be getting easier because your children are almost grown, you have to start taking care of your aging parents.” –Cathy W. Cathy W. was the first person who responded to my request for tips on elder care. Her words were the first drops in what became a downpour of
“What do you do in the way of self-care? As in, what makes you happy and keeps you sane?” Earlier this week, on a whim, I texted that message to oh, let’s say, 40 gal-pals. So many women responded. So many. I was surprised and yet, I wasn’t. A year or so ago, I surveyed
Newsflash: There are less than 360 days left until Christmas 2018. Everyone needs to start working on their 2018 photo calendar now. Why? Because it’s an ideal gift. For more reasons than you think. One for the grandparents. As I mentioned in this blog post, photo calendars are the perfect present for grandparents. I can’t
