I had the most crazy out of body experience last week. The Katie-Freaking-Couric Show asked me to be a guest on a show about bread winning mothers. Yes that Katie-Freaking-Couric: trail-blazing first female anchor of a national nightly news program, single mother who bravely raised her daughters after losing her fist husband to cancer, America’s sweetheart, THAT […] Read more…
February 2014 archive
In Defense of Barbie #Unapologetic
As a young girl I had one of the most magnificent Barbie doll collections. I had a whole Barbie case chock full of every outfit imaginable – from roller skating party attire complete with leg-warmers to iridescent ball gowns with puffy sleeves and hot pink tulle. I had the Barbie Dream House, Barbie’s swimming pool, Barbie’s convertible […] Read more…
Is It Still a Mad Men World?
Pigs were flying and hell froze over yesterday. My husband and I found ourselves with a house to ourselves after my parents volunteered to take our two monkeys for the night. Not having been in this situation for…um…ever…we decided to embrace it. So we ordered take out and settled in to watch the first season […] Read more…
Talking To My Young Kids About Drugs
Two things happened last week that made me realize I needed to talk to my six and eight-year-old sons about drugs. The first happened while standing in the grocery store checkout line. My six-year-old turned to me and said, “Justin Bieber is in prison for drugs.” Panicked I tried to play it cool and […] Read more…