I can’t credit myself for matchmaking– but I consider myself part of their story since I was the only witness present at the moment they met. The romance started in my kitchen. My daughter had a small gathering at our house; by now everyone had left and moved on. Only one person lingered behind— one […]
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Father's Day Gifts
No one looks big next to Muhammad Ali; but in other ways, my dad was a big man. Smart. Savvy. Successful. Especially to me– he was a huge force in my life, my only parent since I was a teenager. There were no books or blogs to teach him how to be a single parent—there […]
Go the F**k to Sleep
Have you seen it? It’s a phenomenon: a brilliant concept, cleverly done. An instant classic, it’s the flip side of Goodnight Moon; required reading for parents and grandparents. The title alone sells it; anyone who’s been a parent will get it—and wish they wrote it. Written in the soothing rhymes of a bedtime story, it’s […]
Should we let our children suffer?
In a word, yes. That’s the point made by a New York Times post I just read —about one of the most significant lessons I ever learned as a parent. The post summarizes an article about to be published in the Atlantic, which I haven’t read yet. A therapist who sees young adults is puzzled […]
Mothers of Intention
The internet is infinite—yet sometimes it functions like a small town. When I first started blogging, I kept “running into” someone called Pundit Mom. I had no idea who she was. The headline on her blog reads “Having an opinion never goes out of style”—and Pundit Mom seemed to have an opinion on everything. This […]
a story in pictures
I have very few pictures from my Yale years– and they perfectly capture the experience. Not just the era but the lopsided numbers. Not too many girls were in the picture—literally or figuratively. Leaving out faculty and staff there are just a handful of women in this shot of the seniors graduating from my residential […]
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