Tag: life lessons

I am a mom on a precipice. I’ve never felt this way before, but then again, I have never been a mother to adult children,...

Let me paint a little picture for you. It's a beautiful, unseasonably warm Saturday, and hundreds of girls are in brightly colored t-shirts, running...

I know as a teacher, I’m not supposed to say this, but I love September. I think of that old Staples commercial where the...

“Can we get doughnuts tomorrow morning, Mama, and eat them on the beach?” “Of course, sweet girl! Sounds good to me.” As we sat on...

As the last few days of summer are winding down and we are getting ready for a new school year, parents (usually moms) are...

There’s a line that I often hear in my work as a psychotherapist for families of children classified as special needs. It’s a refrain...

My son turned four last month and has been in dance class since the ripe old age of 2.5. I danced growing up, as...

The other day, my six-year-old was sitting at the table doing his “writing” homework. I was in the kitchen making dinner when I heard...

Are you curious? With constant access to the Google machine (that’s what I call my iPhone. I think I stole the phrase from Joe Scarborough),...

During my study-abroad semester in Rome, my friend and I traveled to Marrakech because, well, why not? We were two girls from New York,...