I realize there are countless challenges associated with raising teenagers but, for me, one the hardest is not ignoring them. Because at some point after our children’s little arms are long enough to reach around and wipe their own tushies, most of our interactions with them are judgment calls. We spend our emotional energies deciding [...]
A comment in Jessie’s post last week prompted me to rise to her defense – alongside many others – after a reader taunted her life as a “main line mom” being “so difficult.” The reader also suggested that “working moms” were somehow more worthy of writing about their struggles. The comment bristled me in a [...]
Many of you know that I work in the field of communications. Some people call it PR – but I try to refrain from that terminology as much as possible as those two letters conjure up images of shallow, mindless work that contributes nothing to society. I may contribute nothing to society, but my work [...]
I spend most of my life showing off. Most of adults do. I was first accused of such behavior years ago when complaining to a friend that I was feeling bored with my work. I lamented that everything I did felt so repetitive and uninspiring. He responded by saying, “Yeah, it’s like every day you’re [...]
The last two weeks represented the longest break I have taken from MoB since I began blogging here almost 4 years ago. The decision to go on hiatus was a good one. As many of you know, I spent our winter vacation in Israel with my family and in-laws on a non-stop, amazing adventure that [...]
I had a few minutes of alone time on Wednesday night as I drove to a meeting at my synagogue. My mind always races when I’m in the car, often at the speed at which I’m driving which in this case was 73 … 65 … 56 mph. As I neared my destination, my thoughts [...]
It is mid-December and somewhere out there the 2012 Parent of the Year nominations are due. The following is my submission for, uh, ….. myself: Last month, our family traveled down to Washington D.C. for the weekend and on Saturday night Chase and I found ourselves standing in the literary section of Urban Outfitters in Georgetown. [...]
As you go through your daily routine, do you ever find yourself thinking that your life resembles a Hollywood movie? It happens to me all the time. But only recently have I been inspired enough to write about it. So to demonstrate the remarkable likeness, below I have presented two, side-by-side shower scenes. One is [...]
Like many of you I’ve followed the Occupy movement with sense of curiosity and befuddlement. In solidarity with the protesters, I share the sentiment that something is not quite right in America these days. But that’s where my camaraderie ends. Because – hellooooo – life has never been fair and the 99 percent have always [...]
This past weekend I talked my life long best friend Lisa into attending our 25th high school reunion. To say that she was on the fence about going would be generous as the woman was clearly on the OTHER side of the fence, chained to a post, refusing to leave her happy adult life and [...]
