I don’t just feel sad; I feel like an accomplice in the murder. Since I’m a Jewish mother, and we specialize in guilt— I can’t help feeling guilty about taking part in killing bookstores. What makes it worse is that technically this is a crime of passion—since there are few things I love more than […]
Archives for 2011
The wedding curse
We were married 17 years ago today—but we’re not celebrating. The problem isn’t the state of the union—but the date of the union. Flashback to 1994. It’s my second marriage—a small wedding on short notice—and it involves complicated logistics— work, two sets of kids, and me relocating from Los Angeles to Carmel. To settle my […]
Motherhood and destiny
Females are built for motherhood. It’s the central fact of women’s existence since the dawn of time. Motherhood is at the core of how women are defined–by ourselves and society. Yet increasingly, it’s not the case for many of us—according to the latest census, almost 46 % of women up to age 44 are childless. […]
Caring and Sharing
As I write this, my friend Dana is hauling herself up and down the hills of San Francisco with thousands of other participants on the Avon Walk. I’m sure I speak for other survivors, to say how grateful we feel to know that someone has your name on their shirt and your face in their […]
Betty Ford
I followed her around one day as part of a small group of reporters, as she knocked on doors campaigning for her husband in a suburban Miami neighborhood. She was so friendly, so natural, so accessible; if you didn’t know who she was, you’d believe she could have been one of the local moms on […]
Finding Art in Age and Adversity
I would never say having cancer is a “gift.” But I would say that gifts can come from having it. And my friend Roz and I are perfect examples. I was missing any “I” for art. I didn’t even feel qualified to pick out gift wrap. Having cancer changed everything. With two small children and […]
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