Last June I wrote about the two difference experiences my husband and I were having by having both a boy and a girl, Ryan and Sydney attend the prom. Now, our children are both in college. And our experience, with the two of them away, is still vastly different. Sydney, as her older sisters did, seems to call home once a day, generally on her …
I wrote this blog a few weeks ago and planned on posting it while I was away on vacation. But, after reading Don's blog yesterday, I thought it would be a perfect follow-up. Within the past few years, I lost both of my parents within a short period of time. I never knew any of my grandparents as they all died before I was born. My Mom was an onl …
The blog Don posted yesterday truly intrigued me. If you haven’t read it, go back and read it. One of the themes in his blog was how the passage of time affects whom our heroes are. Don wrote that, in response to the question, “who is the greatest living person?” Yale students in 1938 and 1945 gave names such as Albert Einstein and Wins …
I remember a time before email; when our workdays ended when we left the office and, unless we ventured to the office, we did not work on weekends. Email has completely changed that. And I am not sure how I feel about that. At about ten o’clock Thursday night I heard the sound that I have come to dread, “Droid.” That’s the sound my phone mak …
When I was younger, I had a great memory. As a student, I could read something one time and be able to regurgitate it back on an exam. At this point in my life, however, my memory is not the same. I am constantly picking up the phone to make a call and forget who I wanted to call or walking into the pantry of my house to get something and forget wh …
I have previously blogged about my conversion from a “procrastination queen” to an “early doer.” In the past, I thrived on completing my work immediately prior to its due date. Now, at work, I generally complete my tasks several days early. And as Mitch can attest, I usually have my blogs posted by Saturday morning or, at the latest, Sunday morning …
A story in last week’s news intrigued me. Actor Jason Patric, at the request of his ex-girlfriend, fathered a child with her through artificial insemination. According to her, he was not to have any custodial rights, visitation rights, or be obligated to pay child support. He was solely, according to her, a sperm donor. Patric contests her al …
On Wednesday, my husband and I will be taking our two youngest children to college to begin their freshman year. Ryan will be going to SUNY Binghamton and Sydney will be going to SUNY Buffalo. Ryan aspires to be a lawyer and Sydney will be entering a five year program from which she will graduate with a Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy. …
A story that I read in the news this week really upset and concerned me. A Florida man, Derek Melina, confessed to killing his wife and posted a picture of her body on his Facebook feed. He then turned himself into police. And although his acts are troubling by themselves, what happened next is what was truly disconcerting to me. While countle …
Every time I go on my Facebook page there’s a new notification waiting for me; will I give a life to a friend or relative playing Candy Crush? There is also usually a notification that a friend has surpassed a certain level in the game. My kids and friends all talk about the game. They offer to give one another lives and anything else th …
They have always intrigued me. Yet, as a Jewish woman from Long Island they always seemed, to me, to be so wrong. Pickles belong in a plate next to the cole slaw at the Kosher deli or in a container in which they arrived at my house fresh from the barrel. Pickles do not belong anywhere near breadcrumbs or a fryer. But there they were on the m …
Rolling Stone magazine was, itself, in the news last week for using a picture of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its cover. In this magazine cover image released by Wenner Media, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev appears on the cover of the Aug. 1, 2013 issue of "Rolling Stone." The photo, a self image tak …
At first I thought it was a joke. A friend had posted a picture of her sixteen year old son, Jonah, clearly upset on Facebook. The caption below the photo read that the source of his anguish was the refusal of employees of Legoland in Yonkers to allow him admission into Legoland. When I asked her about it she told me that, Legoland, which bills i …
The moment the words came out of his mouth I immediately went to a surreal place. I just could not believe that people still had these types of thoughts. I was at the beginning of a consultation with a prospective new client. He had obviously been through a terrible time in the court system. While explaining his year long odyssey through Family …
Last week, my children sat transfixed in front of the television as they watched Nik Wallenda walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope. Apparently, my children were not the only ones who watched as Discovery Channel, the channel that aired the walk, reported it’s highest ratings since 2000. My children were similarly spellbound when they watche …
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