My mother-in-law used to knit beautiful sweaters, everything from Fair Isle designs to rough fishermen’s sweaters. My husband and I enjoyed wearing them for years in our leisure time before having children. Now that we have kids, and no free time, our children need the sweaters, and my mother-in-law no longer knits. No, do NOT…
What does “being in shape” mean to you? For many of us, it means looking good, or not being out of breath. My goal is to improve overall, to diminish the potential for disease or health issues which drop dramatically overall after exercise, along with looking good, feeling great, elevating my energy and improving my…
What’s a friend to say? Your gal-pal is good-looking, top executive material, well-paid, funny, smart enough… and head over heels for the wrong guy. Do you envision a life of domestic abuse and seek to rescue her from this relationship? I did. Her sister approached me and told me all—the late-night phone calls from sis-to-sis,…
Most adoptive parents are never given access to an orphanage’s inner sanctum. You see what the officials want you to see, and never the twain shall meet. And what do the powers that be not want you to glimpse? Either the poor physical conditions or the poor mental health of their charges. Children ending up…
A debacle, I say. Study Marketing 101 and you know the drill: if you advertise the goods, be sure you can deliver. Well, Target messed-up bigtime in The Missoni Debacle of 2011. Advertised for weeks ahead of the mid-September launch, Missoni’s Italian trademark zig-zag knitwear, accessories, and housewear caused the retailer’s website to go kaput,…
Groucho Marx, move over, my daughter’s eyebrows are in town. Thick, dark, and fat, they don’t at all suit a slight, blond, teen girl. I can acknowledge this. Onlookers cannot. Once, when we had just arrived home, another adoptive mom asked to see a photo of our girls from Russia. I sent her a family…
It’s a holiday weekend in the U.S., but here I am, at the break of dawn, heading to the tennis courts with my USTA son (more about my coaching career turn of events later). The whole neighborhood is asleep, but we plod on. Naturally, our conversation on the speed-walk to the courts turns to the…
When my girls arrived home at the ages of 8.5 and 11 years old, we had to make up for lost time. There was a lot for them to understand about life, from needing to brush their teeth (little one had some rotten, black teeth, plus 21 cavities), to throwing the used toilet paper IN…
I don’t drink coffee, well, at least not the leaded stuff. Water-processed decaf is my beverage of choice, probably because then I’ll get to buy a pretty mug. Of course, hot chocolate or tea are good options, as well. Life was not always so. During my 20s and 30s, I lived around the world drinking…
Have you ever heard someone say, “I’ll get in shape even if it kills me”-? Boy, can I relate. Everything has sought to conspire against me, but I shall prevail. Just to let you know what I’m up against, here’s a list of potential loopholes to the “Downsizing My Derriere” program. 1. You’ve already heard…
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