This week I had a revelatory moment. It struck me as I was walking into a building and caught a glimpse of my reflection in the plate glass. I saw a smartly dressed woman with a laptop bag slung over her shoulder.
“Where have you been the last three years?” I asked the mirror image as [...]
Years ago I wrote a piece for the local newspaper about the need for man purses. It received some attention. I had e-mails both praising and lambasting the man bag. My column made the rounds on the Internet.
The married women were all for it. The men in the newsroom railed against it, even the ones [...]
I do not have a sister.
Not by blood. Not through marriage. Not even through friendship.
I have one brother who has never married. We are not close.
My husband is an only child.
I once had a friend with whom I was so close we often referred to each other as sisters. In childhood we promised we’d always [...]
For the sake of all humanity, do not say these things out loud:
“I really had a crush on you back in the day.”
”Do you still have your fat clothes, because I know someone who could use them.”
“Tomorrow I’m going to relax and take a day for myself.”
When you utter these words out loud, they hurtle [...]
As you can see, I wasn’t hired to document this marriage ceremony. But I was invited to witness it and celebrate along with family and friends. Attending a family wedding made me think about how we experience such rites over the course of our lifetime.
The wheels started turning in my mind when Girl from the [...]
Here is my Facebook profile:
My husband laughs whenever he sees it. But he doesn’t ask me to change it.
That’s because after nine years of marriage, 11 years of togetherness, and 17 years since we met, there’s still no easy way to tell our story.
It’s complicated.
Let’s start by saying when we met, when our eyes locked, [...]
Hey, look. It’s an artist’s sketch of a wedding day.
There on the left is the groom, all dashing and dapper in his tuxedo. He’s smiling with that faraway look in his eyes of a man in love. Maybe he’s thinking about the honeymoon.
Firmly planted in the middle is Flower Girl Extraordinaire, also known as the real [...]
My husband — my younger husband — turns 40 today.
He seems to be handling it OK. We have a big party planned for the weekend.
But it wouldn’t be a milestone birthday without some good-natured ribbing.
So, here goes:
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU ARE 40
First, buy these:
Soon enough what you are reading will begin to look like [...]
