Disclaimer: This is a Debbie Downer entry. I apologize in advance. My Aunt Terry died on Thursday after being diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in her liver only six weeks ago. “Aunt Terry died.” It is weird to see that in writing. I thought it would make it feel more real, but it just looks [...]
Greetings from Jerusalem! I made it here and am getting acclimated – will have lots of stories and thoughts when I return. But here is a piece I wrote on the plane ride over regarding an “incident” last week. I think most of us are trusting folk. And by trusting I mean that we wouldn’t [...]
I recently stumbled upon an old article from Glamour Magazine entitled 7 Friends Every Woman Needs. Included in the Top 7 were categories like “The 9-5 Work Friend,” “The New Friend,” etc. I would like to add an 8th category: “The College Friend.” My old roommates spent last weekend at my house for our alma mater’s [...]
Jessie and I are switching up our days for the next two weeks due primarily to reasons explained below. She’ll be writing on Wednesday this week so stop back then too! Dear MoB Readers: I am so excited!!! This Wednesday night I am leaving for an eight day personal journey to the land of my [...]
We have a tradition in our family in which the birthday child is taken out to dinner to the restaurant of his choice on the eve of his special day. In the early days of this custom, we had to institute a few guidelines, the most important being that the restaurant had to have a [...]
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. In its original French, the proverb sounds much more poignant than its English translation which we Americans have come to know as “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” There is a great deal of online discussion regarding the true meaning of this idiom [...]
I am in an awesome writing group led by the incredibly talented yogi/writer/actress/Wonder Woman Jennifer Schelter of Yoga Schelter in Philadelphia. I always learn something in these sessions, but this Saturday’s group was a real eye-opener. We discussed writing as truth telling, and explored what it means to REALLY tell the truth: the messy, uncomfortable, [...]
As parents, there are many points in our lives when we feel saddled with needless worry regarding some tiny aspect of our child’s development. From the day they are born we have a vision about their evolution into adulthood and those little buggers do all they can to deviate from that carefully planned path just [...]
Upon arriving at her 70th birthday dinner this past weekend, my Mom ordered a Ketel One on the rocks from the waitress who smiled at her and then turned to me: “I’ll have what she’s having.” If only I could stomach the vodka, I’d do the same. At 70 years old, my Mom looks better [...]
This weekend I watched one of my best friends, my cousin Beth, get married. We have grown up together, and over the years we have remained as close as sisters. She is beautiful, brainy, and benevolent. In my mind, God had yet to create a guy worthy of her awesomeness. Then, she met Keith. When [...]
