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…
Archive of ‘Girlfriends’ category
Top Three Lessons Working Moms Can Learn From The Red Sox
I was born into Red Sox Nation. Growing up in Boston, being a Red Sox fan is simply what you do – like breathing or drinking on St. Patty’s Day. So when the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004 after an 86 year drought it seemed…well, unnatural. Great but unnatural. And now this year to have […] Read more…
Girl Time – It’s Better Than Prozac
It’s been two weeks and I am still basking in the glow from a girls’ weekend with my closest high school friends. I am here to tell you that seventy-two hours of belly laughing will change your life for the better. You know, after the hangover subsides. As I boarded the plane at Logan Airport to head back […] Read more…
I Have Thirty-Nine Years; Thank you Holly Fischer.
There’s nothing like experiencing your birthday and the death of a friend in the same week to make you reexamine, well, you know, everything. And it’s not just any birthday or any friend. Thirty-nine is like the numeric equivalent of sort of pregnant. I’ve been telling friends that I’d like to just skip thirty-nine because eight […] Read more…
Strong Is The New Skinny
I hate lifting weights. Between my weak arms, the intimidating steroid pit at my gym, and you know the part where I actually have to lift the weights it just sends me over the edge. Luckily, my gym has a barbels class that I attend religiously (like lapsed-Catholic religiously) with my partner in crime – I mean my accountability […] Read more…
Breaking Up (With Your Girl Friends) Is Hard To Do
We’ve all had bad breakups. The crying, the eating of ice cream, the refusal to eat because you’re sick to your stomach, the guilt, the “What’s wrong with me?” stage, the grief, and finally the slow crawl towards healing which can be derailed at any moment by a chance encounter with your ex and their […] Read more…
In support of Holly Petraeus
So Gloria Steinem is totally taking me off her Christmas Card list this year for this post but I just can’t help it.Okay look at this picture of General Petraeus, his wife Holly and their “friends” the Kelleys and what is the first thought that pops into your head? For me it was high school. This picture is […] Read more…
“My Friends Are My Estate.” – Emily Dickinson
I’d be a raving lunatic if it weren’t for my friends. I’d have divorced my husband, abandoned my children, left my job, walked away from my home, and be living in a van down by the river if it weren’t for the women in my life. My girlfriends keep me honest and sane. It’s almost as if my friends […] Read more…
Ode to My Dog
Four years ago it dawned on me that there were only two things in my life that brought me Pure joy without any accompanying angst: my assistant Anne Cowley and my dog Rupert. Anne has since moved onto bigger and better projects besides my sorry self. But Rupert remains, as always, loving, loyal, and by […] Read more…
Stay At Home Moms Are Not The Enemy
One of my favorite movies of all times is the movie “Heathers.” A movie dedicated to revealing the absurdity of being a mean girl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRnluLJXtVk&sns=em For the most part the days of being an insecure adolescent faking our way through high school are far behind us – with one glaring exception. When it comes to […] Read more…