I love movies that thrill you and take you on a ride. Not scary, gore-soaked flicks, but stories where a disaster looms and someone has two hours to save the world. It can be science fiction, like an alien invasion, or a spy story like Mission: Impossible.The typical thriller has one character who predicts the disaster. He or she is thought to be overreacting as they try to … [Read more...]
A Novel Life
This week I feel every one of my 45, soon-to-be 46 years. My nerves are shot. I'm tired and more than a little cranky. I'm in need of a makeover, or more appropriately, a rewrite.After years of guiltily reading romance novels, I've decided to take a page from one of them and reframe my life in the fashion of a novel. I may even put a picture of my dishwasher dressed in a … [Read more...]
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
The mood in our house right now reminds me of my all-time favorite Staples TV commercial. The spot goes back about 20 years and features the festive Christmas song,"It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year." The commercial features an ecstatic father shopping for school supplies with his children. The children are slowly following behind, looking as if they are headed for death … [Read more...]
The Guilt Market
The news has been so filled with stories about the volatility in the financial markets that it had me thinking about one market that CNBC and Bloomberg don't cover: the Guilt Market.Mothers are very familiar with this market. It starts the minute the line turns pink on your pregnancy test. Suddenly you feel guilty for the coffee you drank that morning, or the calcium you didn’t … [Read more...]
You Are Not Going Crazy…it’s not Sunday!
Shock of all shocks I 'm posting and it's not Sunday! Why, do you ask? Well, Laura Sauer, a wonderful mom has asked me to do a guest post on her very important and personal blog: Families Coping With Infant Strokehttp://familiescopingwithinfantstroke.blogspot.com This post is very personal and recounts some of my initial feelings when I first realized my beautiful daughter … [Read more...]
