There was never a doubt in my mind when it came to wanting children. Among other things, I always knew I wanted to be a mother. 

Three years into my first marriage, it never occurred to me that I wouldn’t be able to conceive a child.  I was one of/… Read full post »

I went to support the one I loved.  I went to support myself.  It was dusk in the City by the Bay and the soft orangish golden hues of a day that was reluctant to say good night illuminated the city like halos. 

 (This is a modified repost I wrote four years ago)

I grew up on the East Coast and my father made the commute from Connecticut into New York City for many years.  Since the horrific events of September 11, 2001, I’ve made it a point to travel when I/… Read full post »

The older I get the less I know.  I’m not as sure as I used to be, about anything.  I seemed to/… Read full post »

Can you say, "Yee Haw"?

This season of “American Idol” produced some of the best talent and the most diversity in all of the combined seasons of "American Idol".  But if you just tuned in last night for the finale/… Read full post »

What I’m about to say may be considered shocking, blasphemous and puzzling given what I do for a living.   But I’m going to say it anyway.  Granted, it may be a temporary phase, but I pretty much hate most self-help books.  Yeah, despise them.  

Bu… Read full post »

“Developing News” was flashing on my TV screen this morning.  I had become numb to any kind of “breaking” news but this one caught my attention.  The “developing” story (pardon the pun) was about a new bathing suit being sold by &ld… Read full post »

Surely I'm not the only one who has a strange unexplainable memory from childhood. A mystery of a memory that to this day stands as clear and pronounced as those early morning thoughts after  a couple of cups of fresh brazen coffee.

I was only four years old, close to five,… Read full post »

There were two positive constants in my childhood:  Laughter and Music.

My father loved music and it may be a reason he was so enamored with my mother.  She was a beautiful woman with a voice like an angel and he adored her.  Memories serenade of/… Read full post »

I recently received an email from a young woman named "Virginia".  She was asking me if there were any manners left in the world.  She was wondering if the word "etiquette" even existed.  She's a freshman in college and was alarmed to read a recent study that reported tha… Read full post »

“Thou shalt not worship false gods before Me.”

This commandment was drilled in my head while, I swear, I was still in the womb.  There were nine other commandments embedded in my brain at tender ages, as well as a host of other rules and regulations I/… Read full post »

Ah...Maximus AKA Max...sweet puppy love 

I was never what one would call a “dog person”.  I was raised on 7 acres and my parents would get the occasional dog, but they were never allowed inside and their stays with us were brief.  Their lives were claimed by… Read full post »

If there’s one thing I persist in being astonished about is the insistence by so many people I know: friends, family, and clients who are constantly trying to attain “perfection” in their lives.  They want to be the perfect parent, the perfect spouse, the perfect friend, the pe… Read full post »

Yes, I said it, “Stop apologizing!”  Now please bear with me because I know my last post was about the need to be able to say, “I am sorry.”  And I believe in the power of a heart-felt apology more than I can express.  But being a Libra, I can also see… Read full post »

(Photo courtesy of Story Images) 

If my kids go to one more funeral of someone they know, I’m going to shoot myself and then my kids will have to go to my funeral.  Seriously.  My 22-year-old daughter went to three funerals this summer alone.  Count them: … Read full post »

66% of divorce attorneys gather evidence from the Facebook pages of the soon-to-be ex-spouses of their clients.  81% draw from Facebook, My Space, Twitter, You Tube and LinkedIn.

I work with many who are going through the stressful and painful process of divorce.  If I&rsq/… Read full post »

I get emails from women all over the country who go into great detail as to the specifics of their marriages to men with children.  Some have children and some don’t.  These women are in anguish, wringin/… Read full post »

(Why, oh why, is this couple of 40 years separating?)

Many were shocked to hear of the separation of former Vice-President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper Gore.  Forty years of marriage ending in divorce, a phenomenon that is becoming more and more common.

Many were distressed about… Read full post »

“American Idol, Season 9” is almost over.  After Tuesday night’s final performances of the last two contestants, Crystal Bowersox and Lee Dewyze, I could almost hear a collective sigh of relief from coast to coast.  The race that felt more like a marathon w/… Read full post »

Wednesday night's "American Idol" elimination show was a true shocker:  The tween voters once again influenced the future of one of the three remaining contestants, and the results were, well shocking.  Read on.

The show started out in predictable fashion.  Ryan Seacre/… Read full post »

It was “two for the price of one” night on “American Idol” as Casey, Lee and Crystal “battled” it out for the Final Two next Tuesday night.  Each of them were finally able to pick a song of their choice, while the second song was picked by one/… Read full post »