As many of you know, my daughter has been working in Australia this summer. Happily, for her mother, she comes home in now less than two weeks. Jaclyn is a bit of a world traveler, you may recall. Last summer she worked in India and who knows what next summer will bring. Tonight’s message made me smile. Without even “Hi Mom”, I opened Facebook …
My son is taking Drivers’ Ed this summer and very much looking forward to being able to drive. (How that happened in the blink of any eye is the subject for another blog. He was just in nursery school yesterday. I promise.) In our family, my husband is the driving instructor. He is really good at it, both of my children report. As for …
I will let you all in on a secret. I enjoy the part of my job that involves building our business. I enjoy meeting new people and hearing their stories. Our community is filled with so many experiences. I feel like I learn something new from every conversation I have. And, in my experience, the rest happens kind of organically. You k …
Friday afternoon I was busily working away at my laptop. To be completely honest, I was multi-tasking – talking on my cell phone, sending an instant message and reading an email. Really, I am not sure how I was doing all of those things and probably wasn’t really. But all of a sudden my mouse froze the computer. It wasn’t going anywhere and …
So many lives lost. So much senseless killing. So much suffering. Watching the news unfolding on Sunday morning, I was struck by one mother. She had no idea where her son was. He went out for an evening of entertainment but early in the morning the world had changed. Her excruciating pain, fear and raw emotion were everywhere. Every interview …
Last week, a colleague called to ask me a question. It didn’t have anything to do with work. She had a need and was trying to figure out how to go about filling it. So she called me – and paid me the most extreme compliment. “I thought of you because you know everyone”, she said. I paused, flattered that that was her vision of me. But then I s …
With Memorial Day now past, summer is around the corner. We spent Sunday at the beach. Not our usual trek to the busy beaches we typically visit on the south shore of Long Island. This weekend, we went to a small, quiet, pretty beach on the north shore. The views were spectacular even if the beach was rocky. Our afternoon made me start thin …
We have been talking recently in my house about what counts as an instrument. My son sings. It’s actually pretty amazing how much time and attention he devotes to his craft. We counted yesterday. Between the five choral groups with which he performs, NYSSMA, All County, the school musical and a few more performances, he had to learn nearly 100 …
Some of you will know right away what my blog is about. With the city running out of phone numbers, new area codes pop up with some regularity. In fact, New York City currently has six area codes. But I remember a time when all of New York City was in the 212 area code and the exchange was tagged by its name first, not by its number. My Br …
Around a table recently I listened to the following conversation. A group of friends asked each other – “Where do you think you will be in ten years?” The answers were great and varied. Some said “retired on a beach somewhere.” Others said “Exactly where I am right now”. Another said – “Peeling away more of the things I don’t enjoy and adding …
When I was 11 years old and in sixth grade, I played Fruma Sarah. For those of you who were not great fans of Fiddler on The Roof, Fruma Sarah was the butcher’s dead wife who Tevye conjures up in a dream scene to convince Golde that their daughter Tzeitel should be permitted to marry him. It is a crazy scene where Fruma Sarah flies through the air …
This is an audience of people who network. That means you are out in the world every day meeting new people and forging new relationships. But, we all know that the trick in networking is really in building that relationship. We make loads of contacts but how many can you convert to great resources. So, here is my question for you today. Wh …
“In a World Where You Can Be Anything, Be Kind” I really like this quote. OK, I admit it showed up on my Facebook feed, but I still really like it. Kindness doesn’t always show itself in our world. Business people negotiating hard on opposite sides, litigants in a bitter dispute, even just a disagreement amongst friends. But, being kind is …
I am just about ready for a lazy day. You know – the kind of day that has no errands, no work and no plan. No cleaning, no laundry, no chauffeuring, no supermarkets, no gym. My "no" list could go on and on. In my world a lazy day means a good book on my Kindle and a very cold glass of Moscato. If I am really pushing it, my lazy day also includes …
Last spring my daughter spent a week in Israel to start her international traveling. Last summer she spent a month in India working with an eye care foundation. In the winter she went back to Israel to study. This summer, she will be spending eight weeks doing research with the Queensland Mental Health Research Center in Brisbane Australia. Sh …
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