Celebrate Yourself
This is an entirely different blog than I set out to write. The initial draft was loosely titled, “What I Learned about Christmas from Reading “The Nutcracker””. It was cute and witty (if I do say so myself) and rather…
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Children
Adversarial Parenting
“Another day, another fight. Nothing is ever easy with kids in the house. From the moment their eyes open in the morning (or rather after the screaming and cajooling to “get up and ready for school”), there’s the argument of “what…
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A Message to My Children (and Yours)
My niece had a baby several months ago, her first. A close friend just celebrated the birth of her first grandchild. Three former clients wrote this week to tell me that new babies were born into their families. Babies! Babies!…
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Faith, Religion, Personal Choice and Forgiveness
Imagine if you were sitting at a stop light, on your way to work, idling behind a car with a bumper sticker that read: “Having an abortion doesn’t make you less or un-pregnant. It makes you the mother or father…
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Has this ever happened to you? I decided to make scrambled eggs and English muffins for breakfast this morning. My sweet hubby routinely asks if he can help me with the meal by putting the muffins in the toaster. I…
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The Pebble in My Shoe
Can’t we all just get along? If you mean “can’t we all agree”, then, the answer is probably no. A change of attitude will rarely occur without heated debate and reasonable clarity based on logical facts, which takes time and the…
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Please Do Not Judge Me
“Hey, wow, I haven’t seen you in ages? You look great! What are you up to these days?” “Oh, I wrote a few books, and had a couple kids since we last saw each other.” “I thought you would have…
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Its The Thought That Counts
In honor of Mother’s Day, here are just a few words to remind you (in case you forgot) that gifts given from the heart are the very best gifts of all. Children especially, with the very of best intentions, want…
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Say The Magic Words
Happy Easter! In honor of Lent and Eastertide (the Holy Season of Hope, Renewal, Rebirth and spiritual gratitude), I’ve chosen to reflect on a common sense, “simplistic” approach to problem solving that used to be practiced as the rule, but…
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Grandma Knows Best
My Irish “Grandma Wilson” was not even a blood relative. She was an older, trusted friend of my mother long before I was born. Mind you, I couldn’t tell you what I did yesterday, or even remember my telephone number (I never…
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