I am amazed at some of the reactions I’ve gotten from people when they discover I married for the first time at age 42. The things that come out of their mouths. Oy, vey. I never seem to think of the really great comeback until the next day. My friend, the St. Louis Working Mom, [...]
I have recently gotten wind of a few LBB wedding stories that have chilled my little heart. (This is a feat given the relentless, windy, frigid temperatures outside. Spring, where are you?) It is unfortunate that so many women who have chosen to get married later in life experienced what I call the “blasé wedding [...]
PBS recently launched a three-part television series called This Emotional Life. Hosted by Daniel Gilbert, a social psychologist who studies happiness, it explores the emotional side of being human. The first segment, Families, Friends & Lovers, focuses on the state of our relationships, their impact, and the level of importance in a person’s life. Normally, [...]
I am not an expert on children. I did not have children myself. (I’d like to take a moment of gratitude for my two sisters who had two children each, satisfying the grandparents, and, therefore, leaving me at peace. Praise the Lord and Amen.) Instead, I married a man who had children. Well, they aren’t [...]
For some reason the Universe keeps pointing me East. Not to the Far East. No, it’s telling me to stop far short of that. It’s whispering Scandinavia. Everywhere I turn I am seeing, hearing, reading things about Scandinavia, especially Sweden and Denmark. So Husband and I are planning (okay, well, I am planning for us) [...]