It seems like just yesterday that I was a 20-year-old acting student hanging out in Greenwich Village, drinking black coffee, and going to midnight showings of foreign films that I pretended to like and understand because the guy I loved liked them. Back then, I wouldn’t have dreamt of telling someone I loved, or in fact, even someone I hated, what I really thought about … [Read more...]
The No-Fail Strategy for Dealing With Writer’s Block
For the last six years, I’ve kept a promise to myself to write something, anything and publish it on my blog each week. Finding my love of writing has opened up a world of creativity for this middle-aged, stay-at-home mom of three. I truly love it. Yet every so often I find myself staring at a blank computer screen, wondering what I’m going to write about. I might panic for a … [Read more...]
Nothing Like a Good Book…To Spark a Argument With Your Husband
I have a guilty pleasure that I don’t often confess to: I love reading romance novels. My favorites are by Danielle Steel. They’re extra heavy on the fluff, but some days I need an escape. Nothing does it like losing myself in one of Ms. Steel’s books. They’re an effortless read, and I can polish one off in about an hour if I get that much time to myself as a busy mom to … [Read more...]
The Life Lesson That Helped Me Meet My Husband
As hard as it is for me to believe, this March my husband and I will celebrate our 24th wedding anniversary. We’ve been together for more than 26 years, and to be honest, it’s hard for me to remember a day when he wasn’t in my life. I know it sounds super corny to admit this, but meeting Joe was the best thing that ever happened to me. Being with a person who … [Read more...]
Some Things a Woman Never Forgets
This last week I have been more on edge than I usually feel in my safe suburban world of being a mom to three and a wife to one. I can’t turn on the TV, radio, phone, or computer without seeing an article about a new scandal involving the Republican candidate for president and the increasing number of women accusing him of unwanted sexual advances. As it is whenever a … [Read more...]
