After spending my senior year of high school earning school credit working in Manhattan each day as a newspaper reporter, I had dreams of packing up and heading west. I don't even know why I had such a burning desire to leave my NYC roots and what I imagined lay in store for me on the West Coast. Perhaps I envisioned an oasis similar to La Jolla, where I'd spent two weeks visiting a friend, … [Read more...]
Long Distance Marriage: 4 Tips for Staying in Love When He’s Never Home
You love your husband and cherish your relationship but recently his job has taken him away from you and the kids for weeks at a time, while you're left playing single mom. In between single-handedly doing third grade math problems, dealing with a colicky baby, a prepubescent tween who thinks she knows more than you, lunches, nighttime potty breaks and laundry- you're feeling completely … [Read more...]
Hug your Kids a Little Longer Today
We are right in it- THE THICK of the holiday season; that time of a year that you're "required" to give your significant others cards expressing your undying devotion, deep seated love...blah, blah, blah. Before you say that I'm putting a sour spin on this holiday that love should be in bloom- it's not that, rather I think that EVERYDAY should be a Holiday celebration. I think that my … [Read more...]
Surfing for porn online: is it emotional infidelity?
I never thought I'd be one of those wives who would find her husband up late at night surfing porn. Why did I think my guy was immune to the seductive lure of ogling titillating images? Well because my husband is not at all computer savvy- he doesn't text, tweet or post on Facebook and he rarely goes on the internet. I'd sooner find him with a stash of hard copy magazines under the bed than I … [Read more...]
Should I subject my height challenged child to growth hormone shots- I don’t know what the RIGHT decision is
I am four feet, eleven inches and three quarters. There is NO DENYING the fact that I am short- I get it- in fact shave a few inches off my height and I'd qualify to join the ranks of little people. I'm not in any sort of denial- which is why I made it a point to ALWAYS date guys who were over six feet tall. I figured if I married a guy with height I'd give my kids a fair shake at being far taller … [Read more...]