PREVIEW: Three powerful words
Lots of people believe “I love you” is the most powerful phrase in the English language, especially for the person saying it. This particular phrase can open our hearts and minds, begin journeys of emotional growth, and alter the very way in which we view the world. If “I love you” is the most [...]
FULL COLUMN: Empathy, sympathy, or none of the above
…from yesterday’s Tampa Tribune. Sympathy: I am so sorry you’re going through this. Empathy: I understand and share your pain. You know those people who have to experience something in order to understand it? Don’t they suck? Husband and I were young newlyweds when we moved to Boston in search of careers, excitement, and liberal neighbors. [...]
FULL COLUMN: Edline is a lot like crack
…from yesterday’s Tampa Tribune. If you are a parent and want to enjoy good mental health, for as long as possible, stay away from online gradebooks. It starts out innocently enough – mom or dad wants to see Junior’s homework assignments and participation credits. Daughter’s first few As of the year are intoxicating; who cares if [...]
FULL COLUMN: Signs of older age
…from yesterday’s Tampa Tribune. As we enter 2012, leaving 2011 behind, I thought it might be fun to chronicle all the ways my body stopped working properly this year. Fun and depressing. Is that not the holidays in one sentence or what? As I get older, this list will only grow. So maybe we can look [...]
FULL COLUMN: A toast to responsible drinking
…from this Saturday’s Tampa Tribune. Hi, my name is Catherine, and I’m the child of an alcoholic. Want a buzzkill before heading out tonight? December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month. If you’ve been wondering, “What the heck did Reagan ever do?” this is it. Beginning in 1982, this program reminds us that designating [...]
FULL COLUMN: “As a rule, people smell” and other things I learned on vacation
…from this weeks’ Creative Loafing. My family and I spent Thanksgiving week in New York City, enjoying the sights, sounds, and, in Husband’s case, $25 pastrami sandwiches. Our kids are in those important preteen years and I want them to appreciate museums, musicals, and how to avoid diseases on the subway. I try to make [...]
FULL COLUMN: Then and now; adjusting to middle school
…from last week’s Creative Loafing. My sons have been in sixth grade for over two months. They left a small, private Jewish elementary school to attend a slightly larger public middle school located in eastern Hillsborough County, nestled between three churches and five liquor stores. Add to this culture shock the fact that we [...]
PODCAST #1: A multi-tasking mommy
Hundreds have inquired about my threat to unleash hair and attitude at a local Open Mic…okay, maybe dozens is more like it. Seems I let the idea slip in an op-ed I wrote recently for The Tampa Tribune. I query editors every day. I get ignored every day. But I also get published, and that [...]
So JCPenney is not only boring, but sexist, too
JCPenney has the cutest shirt for your daughter. I’m not sure which is worse – the shirt, Bieber reference, or (b)ad grammar. “Who has time for homework when there’s a new Justin Bieber album out? She’ll love this tee that’s just as cute and sassy as she is.”
FULL COLUMN: Tell yer story walking, grumpy old men
As a wife, I’ve had only one deal-breaker all these years: hitting. Abuse is the only non-negotiable issue and, so far, Husband hasn’t laid an unwanted hand on me. I say so far, and really have to chuckle. During our college years, when most girls went out dancing, I went out arguing – all while [...]
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