Most children don’t escape childhood without at least one run in with a bully. Usually it is a kid in the neighborhood or at school who inflicts emotional and sometimes physical distress on your child because they are insecure, are having a tough time at home, or are just wired that way. And as parents […] Read more…
I wish it were just a matter passing a law, implementing the right training program, or opening a Justice Department investigation. But the sad fact is that our country’s racial problem is not something we can slap a band aid on and call it fixed. Segregation ended decades ago but the self-segregation all races engage […] Read more…
As a working mom a little traveling for work can be fun. A nice break from the day-to-day office and home hamster-wheel schedule. But a lot of travel is a real drag. You can never truly relax–it’s just not the same as sitting at home in your grubby clothes, sitting in “your spot” on the couch, […] Read more…
It was a tough week in the Corning household. My work week was absolutely brutal, I spent the better part of Saturday cleaning up dog vomit, summer finally came roaring in with 119 degree temperatures in Phoenix, my nine-year-old son lost the state flag football championship by one point after going undefeated all season – […] Read more…
I used to be so much fun. Like legit life of the party fun. I was a little crazy. Mischief was my middle name. You didn’t have to dare me to do anything because I was always up for an adventure. Then I became a mom. Sigh. You know it wasn’t just the kids. To […] Read more…
I’m not in any danger of anyone calling me a prude. I laugh at inappropriate jokes, I am wildly sarcastic, and I have such thick skin it takes me a really long time to realize someone actually doesn’t like me (hard to believe but yes, I am not everyone’s cup of tea). I bartended my […] Read more…
If there is an inappropriate conversation to be had I will have it. I’m really good at it. It’s one of my super powers. This week’s inappropriate conversation took place at a celebration of life. I can only take half credit for this inappropriate conversation as technically my fairy godmothers were already having the conversation and […] Read more…
That’s it? I blinked and it was over. The day when my children told me and made me gifts that extolled the awesomeness that is my motherhood is done? Already? Sigh. I’ve got to say that I’m going to need more than a once a year acknowledgement of the herculean effort that is my life as […] Read more…
I knew something had changed when I was helping plan my friend’s birthday a few months ago. It was one of those big ones with a zero in it. She quickly dispelled any ideas of the typical birthday extravaganza her husband and I might have been entertaining. She broke it down to us like this: […] Read more…
I remember sitting in a junior level communications class at UMass Amherst in 1995 when one of my classmates declared that her goal was to be an MTV VJ. I was like, “say what?” I remember thinking that is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard anyone say. But in retrospect I get it. When […] Read more…