When my daughter Isabel was four years old, I took her with me to my hairdresser, John, for a “mommy daughter” day – getting haircuts together and a treat on our way home. Everything was going swimmingly until she got out of the chair. “Mommy,” she...
My mother used to tell a story about a Christmas morning early in her marriage to my father. She had her eye on a certain camelhair coat displayed at a department store. Her anticipation grew as Christmas drew near because a box appeared under the tree that...
A hot topic these days is why the “1%” have accumulated so much wealth. Perhaps you’ve seen the viral video demonstrating, with impressive graphics and mind-boggling statistics, the chasm between the nation’s wealthiest and the bottom 20 percent. So how did 1% do so well? Is...
Last weekend, I felt completely humiliated at church. On that Sunday, we were planning a special service honoring women. However, during choir rehearsal, we had too many pieces to run through, and I never got to rehearse my solo, “I Am Woman” by Helen Reddy, intended...
Part 2 of a 2-part series (click here for part 1 to learn about why New Year’s resolutions don’t work.) I love that freshly-washed feeling of the turn of a new year. It could just be that I get more sleep in the 10 days between Christmas...
Anyone who knows me well knows that I am an Olympics fanatic. While my TV usually sits silent, every two years it comes alive nightly for 16 days, confusing my otherwise school-night-electronics-deprived children. I can’t remember what I used to do with my evening hours...