Darryle Pollack | I never signed up for this...
confessions of a cluttered mind
Instead of trying to have what you want, try to want what you have. I love that saying; It sounds so nice. But I always wanted what YOU have. Whether it’s bigger (your bank account) Or smaller (your waistline) Whether you have more ( knowledge) Or less (clutter) When I had an exciting life with [...]
(Hopefully this post will be read with the gravity it deserves.) As advertisers scrambled to save their campaigns and wives warily eyed their husbands’ cell phones and golf clubs.…Tiger created a tsunami. His sordid saga splashed across the globe, growing from golf ball to snowball size, gaining speed and momentum until it was a planetary [...]
What’s not to love? He has it all. He’s politically correct, witty, speaks Italian, beloved by Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts and all the women I know—who would line up to give him their hand in marriage or their vote for president or their firstborn child. I was always at the front of that line—and [...]
I have that rarest of treasures: two of them. Two children who did the stuff everyone wants their kids to do: Not losing sweaters and jackets. Getting school permissions slips signed and turned in on time. Not forgetting lunchboxes at home (okay, just once or twice) Now they’re older– and they’ve turned into two responsible [...]
This is me about to chop off my hair to make a wig for a cancer patient. The patient was me. I look far more brave than I felt. Same thing 14 years later…….this time donating the hair—to make a wig for someone else. I felt way different this time. I felt…light. Probably because [...]
I don’t do back-to school shopping any more—but I still sense the educational expectations and emotions that arise every September. The start of a school year summons up strong feelings. The first day photo op. Proud parents, sweet smiles, sharp pencils. (Do they still USE pencils?) For most parents, the feelings are positive:—Pride. Hope. Freedom. Sometimes the [...]
The school year is starting; almost 2 million kids are heading off to college for the first time—-so there’s a predictable rash of articles on the internet. How to let go and say goodbye. 9 tips for sending off a college freshman. And the one I saw in the morning paper: What every kid should [...]
Years ago when I was a young mom living in Los Angeles, I associated crises with casseroles. It seemed as if whenever something serious happened, a group of women would circle the wagons around the woman in need of support— and magically, casseroles would appear at her door every night until the crisis passed. For a [...]
Not only do I have a sister who’s a personal trainer and a brother-in-law who bikes across entire states— I also live with a husband who runs gazillions of miles a week, whose family business is fitness. Life can be SO unfair. I definitely never signed up for this one. Personally I don’t need to sweat [...]
My first child was two days old when my father started discussing where Alli would go to college. And he never stopped talking about it. He was intense. When she turned out to be precocious, his predictions got more intense—it was Ivy League all the way. This wasn’t unpredictable. He’d been equally intense with me. Only I [...]
After becoming a writer, artist, TV journalist, mother and breast cancer survivor----I realize nothing turns out the way we expect. So I blog about handling the big and little things — with humor, humanity, and hope.
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