Career advice can come from unexpected places. We went to visit family in Georgia last week and while we were there, Dennis and I hit up my favorite outlet mall, a seemingly neverending stretch of discount stores from every-retailer-you-can-possibly-think-of, just north of Atlanta. This particular trip was for Dennis, who was sorely in need of […]
August 3, 2016
You woke Sunday morning, checked your phone, and saw the news. Dozens of people had been killed or injured after a man with an assault rifle opened fire at an Orlando nightclub. You felt sick reading the reports, your stomach churning as you struggled to understand how anyone could be filled with the kind of […]
June 14, 2016
Dear Daughter, After years of summer drama camps, acting workshops, and children’s theater performances, you finally faced your first major audition yesterday. You were going for the role of Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird, and you arrived at the audition to find that 25 other girls all wanted the part as much as you […]
June 9, 2016
Don’t believe the hype– There’s nothing wrong with using your Facebook feed as a highlights reel. Last week, my husband and I dropped everything, pulled the kids from school, and, along with my two grown stepdaughters, got on a plane bound for California. A family emergency was responsible for this last-minute journey– I won’t go […]
April 28, 2016
When I was younger, I believed one benefit of growing older would be that I’d suffer fewer and fewer instances of ‘that awkward moment’ with others. With each year that passed, I was sure my ability to hold my tongue would increase and my brain-to-mouth filter would grow stronger. Unfortunately, that has not been the […]
April 5, 2016
In the age of the iPhone, we all have our time-suck apps. For some, it’s Facebook. For others, Instagram. For me– and I realize I’m far from alone here– it was Candy Crush. In retrospect, one of the biggest problems with Candy Crush was that Candy Crush never seemed like much of a problem. I […]
February 23, 2016
The parents of social media are in a bit of a kerfuffle right now over the release of a movie every single 8 to 12-year-old boy in America is dying to see… Deadpool. I did not realize until this week that for millions of moms and dads across the country, SUPERHERO + MOVIE = FAMILY […]
February 18, 2016
Y’all. The geniuses at Restoration Hardware have done it again. Not content to raise the bar on color-free decor for financially gifted adults and their creatively named progeny alone, RH now has a line aimed squarely at everyone’s favorite human beings: TEENAGERS. RH Teen is a wonderland of excess designed especially for teens who are […]
February 16, 2016
