Some of you may remember that last year my friend Kelli and I were such bitter b**ches that we were actually sick of our own whining. So to get our mojo back we decided to start off this year with an “empower women” event which would bring together all the women we love and celebrate our collective fabulousness – and you […] Read more…
Archive of ‘Me, myself, and I’ category
Getting Old Kicks A**!
My aunt Anne is in Rwanda teaching medical professionals protocols for cancer and AIDS patients. Here is this sweet unassuming mother of two grown sons who has spent her life taking care of everyone else – her sons, her husband, and the patients she’s ministered to as a nurse. So she turns sixty and think […] 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…
Embracing Your Inner Slut
Slut: noun 1. a dirty, slovenly woman. 2. an immoral or dissolute woman; prostitute. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODI-NALkI4c&feature=youtube_gdata_player I have been beyond furious with the comments Rush Limbaugh made about the law student who testified that it would be helpful if her birth control were covered by her medical insurance. I mean I’ve been having fantasies about tying my hair back in a pony tail, putting on […] Read more…
Big Girls Do Cry (just when no one is looking)
When was the last time you had yourself a good cry? As working mums we don’t get to do that too often. Pretty much the last thing in the world any of us want to do is lose our shit at the office and validate any mushy female stereotypes we’ve spent years trying to destroy. The only thing we […] Read more…
“Women Seeking Women”
I had the most amazing experience two nights ago. My friend Kelli and I organized about 35 women for a night of activities designed to help us start off the New Year choosing happiness and kicking the general state of depression many of us have been experiencing for the last few years. It started out as a […] Read more…
No love during the holidays
The holidays pretty much ensure that the little scraps of time we working moms carve out for romantic time with our husbands compeltely evaporates. It’s difficult to get busy when every free minute is spent shopping or wrapping. I’m not sure I’ve even bathed my children this week. I’ve given them the sniff test and […] Read more…