I just chopped by hair. More accurately, a genius named Aki just chopped my hair. And I was scared to do it because my hair had gotten so so long, but I went for it. Do it, I told him.…
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Things were different when I was 25. I was in law school at Columbia. I was there not because I was particularly interested in the law per se, or practicing law one day, but because I loved school and felt…
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About fourteen months ago, I wrote a post called Listen to Life. The post was a difficult one to write as it was about my Sister Ceara welcoming her little girl H who born with an ear condition called Bilaterial…
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I decided that there is a priceless Mother’s Day gift all of us moms can give to ourselves. Curious? Then click over and read my latest piece on the Huffington Post. And feel free to share it, like it, or…
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Mother’s Day is on Sunday and I am sitting here on this Thursday afternoon thinking about motherhood. About how it has changed me. I was a different Me before these three little girls came along. I am a better Me…
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I dropped my daughter at Preschool this morning and as I was leaving to head home and write, I noticed that they were setting up chairs for a meeting in the gym. This jogged my memory about an email I’d…
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Photo by Philippe Cheng. On our wedding day – December 18, 2004.
These days, I find myself thinking about a lot of things. One of these things is marriage. I think this is because I am a married woman and…
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How close are you to finishing your book?
I’ve been getting this question a lot lately. And it makes sense. It makes sense because I’ve been working on this novel for years now and because I announced recently that I…
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Earlier this week, I wrote a post. It was kind of a surrender, this is life, so be it, kind of post about how some days are hard, gray, tricky, iffy beasts. And they are. And I’m happy I wrote…
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I had a hard time falling asleep last night. Which was odd because I’ve been sleeping really well lately and because I was so tired. I was so wiped I nearly nodded off on the couch earlier in the evening…
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