As a working mother, I have to pursue my literary pleasures with tunnel-vision passion and 007 stealth. I sneak reading time in the bathtub, at lunch,
Read MoreEssays and Random Thoughts
The Secret Life of Working Moms
When Laura, one of my marketing clients, called me from her cell phone last Friday, I looked out of my window and smiled. The weather was perfect:
Read MoreIf No Child is Left Behind, Where Was Mine?
By the second week of middle school, I had to crowbar my son Aidan onto the school bus. The classes were boring, he said. The teachers spent a lot of
Read MoreTwo Women Bare It All
Our first morning at Berkshire Vista Resort, my friend Mandy sleeps late while I muster the courage to leave our room. The question isn’t so much what
Read MoreMy Midlife Crisis Shoes
Last month I took my son Blaise out to lunch at his favorite diner.“Wait!” I implored as I teetered across the parking lot after him. “I can't go that
Read MoreThe Bride Wore Red
While my friend Judith tried on dresses, I watched the brides. There were six of them in the tiny wedding boutique. The brides had brought
Read MoreThe New Shape of Family
The night before my niece Lizzie's wedding, we attended a rehearsal dinner unlike any other I've ever experienced. For one thing, it was in a bowling
Read MoreMark Sanford Makes Vampire Love Look Good
So Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina wasn't hiking on the Appalachian Trail, as his staff led us to believe. Nor was he off alone to “clear his
Read More“Teachers Don’t Like Boys, Mom”
A couple of weeks ago, I was volunteering at my son Aidan's elementary school after hours. The building was empty but for a knot of teachers clustered
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