Did you ever ape the old cliché of the librarian ripping off her glasses and letting down her hair? I was a tomboy through to my core, but when no one was looking I’d try to have just a taste of what being a femme fatale was like. My costume of choice was a towel [...]
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Circumstances, fears, confusion—they’re all authentic, but they aren’t reason enough to give up or go silent. Ask. Explain. Listen. Share. Look. Look twice. Ask again. Press on, because if you don’t, maybe no one will. We all have vastly more power than we know, true injustice is failing to use it. Your voice, evermore yours to use for good.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
A few years ago, five or six I think, we conducted focus groups for a project. The goal was to create an identity for a place. We invited people from all industries and varying levels of authority. Arts leaders and waitstaff, retirees and college students, people we’d never met and people we’ve known all our [...]
Thursday, July 14, 2011
This morning I went through what has become the summer routine: First, conduct a dizzying search for swimsuits and rash guards for the big girls to take to camp. Second, devise things to pack for the littlest girl to make her feel like a big girl. Third, pack 2 lunches that will satisfy the distinct eating habits of [...]
Friday, June 3, 2011
Let me start this right off by saying we all have a lot on our plate(s). Work-at-home, work-outside-the-home, stay-at-home or whatever other qualifier precedes the word mom—or dad/wife/husband/single-lady/bachelor/student whatever. We all have weak spots and strong suits, predisposed genetic traits. Fine. Done. We also have responsibilities. We have to figure things out. It isn’t always easy. [...]
Thursday, August 19, 2010
The truth is— …there is time. …you should say it. …you do deserve it. …no, it isn’t fair. …your current approach isn’t going to change it. …moving on moves you forward. …they only win if you insist on defeat. …I am glad you are here. …you can— (Finish it for me)
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
I am keeping my head about BlogHer, because honestly, I’ve neither the budget nor the time to really get too worked up about it. That said, I did do a quick online shop. I met with dead ends at Bluefly (everything I liked was one size too big), Nordstrom (got too caught up in affordable [...]
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
I thought parenting was humbling, the flashes of thinking I’d be able to do it all, the fantasies of avoiding the ruts, the memories of choices my parents made that I questioned. Six years on the doing side of parenting and I realize how often we have to react as opposed to decide, that even [...]
Thursday, July 1, 2010
I remember as a little girl (it started in fifth grade), I just wanted to fit in. I wanted to have the right clothes, ride the cool bike, say the right things, of course I never did. I was different. I didn’t love dolphins, didn’t like dresses and when it came time to play outside, I [...]
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Every once in a while I realize that without our girls, I might never reset. Remember hide and seek? Remember believing that each new day held the promise of something worth squealing for? Remember when you didn’t hide yourself? Remember when you lived without hesitation? Do you remember why you stopped? Go live like this!
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
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