Goodbye, sweet Tim Urban, you smiling greyhound of a Beatles-coiffed contestant. I'm sad to see you go. Who knew that I would ever love
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Hanging with Hoda & Kathie Lee on The Today Show
The call from the Today Show came as I was buying a used car in a New Hampshire neighborhood thick with tattoo parlors and fireworks outlets. I had
Read MoreWhy I Don’t Want to Live on Girl Island
Recently, I was having lunch with a group of women friends who only have daughters. They were bemoaning, as women at lunch love to do, the habits of
Read MoreThe 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
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