A few days ago I mentioned a research study involving divorced women. According to an article detailing the study, “30 percent of now-divorced women say they knew in their gut they were making a mistake as they walked down the aisle — and kept walking anyway.” It’s easy to guess why this might be so. [...]

It was a couple of weeks ago. I was sitting at the computer one morning, polishing up the post for the day. And emails were coming in every couple of minutes. And the phone kept ringing. And all of sudden, I realized that I had to stop. Something had to give. I’d just been to [...]

First off, I’m kinda back. Thanks so much to my amazing friends (especially Jack)who stepped in to keep the blog running while I took a few days off.  I’ll do my best to keep things more or less normal around here from now on, but no promises. All I can do is my best. So, [...]

I often joke about my lousy memory. And it’s true, I have a really bad memory. But sometimes, stories pop to the surface. Nearly whole, with just the haze of time and knowledge. This is one of those stories… My elementary school was one of the smallest in the district, and unlike most kids, I didn’t [...]

I’m kinda obsessed by the whole make-over concept and the way it plays out in the media. There are TV shows dedicated to making over houses, brides, cars, families… Bring in an expert or team of experts and they’ll make everything seem shiny and new. And they’ll do it quickly (with little to no effort [...]