Today as V and I celebrate our 14th anniversary, I realize that my first marriage lasted exactly 14 years. Heading into our 15th year, I have every expectation that I will beat my personal best. And things look promising. So after a total of 28 years in marital experience, you would assume I’ve learned something [...]
Closed Circuit
July 20, 2008 By 6 Comments
I leave for San Francisco as my worries fade, replaced by visions of blogging women. Once I start to imagine myself as part of this group, I realize I am missing the one essential accessory for a blogger: a laptop. I bought one several years ago although my son predicted I would never use it. [...]
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Winging it Back Home
July 18, 2008 By 3 Comments
I’ve become concerned about some recent changes in my son Daniel, who just finished his freshman year of college. In high school Daniel was completely normal–he played football, had lots of friends, was marginally spoiled (but in a good way) and spent a lot of time relaxing on our couch. But now that he’s home [...]
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Happy Anniversary??
July 17, 2008 By 9 Comments
V and I were married 14 years ago today, on July 17, 1994. But we won’t be celebrating today. Because this is not our anniversary. Our wedding was pulled together on short notice. I was relocating from Los Angeles and chose July 17 so my kids could get settled before school started. With a mountain [...]
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Grandma Envy
July 16, 2008 By 4 Comments
My diagnosis of breast cancer increased the risk factor for my sister Carla. Fortunately she’s had no problems. But now the tables are turned. Carla got married and had children way before I did; and she has identical twin granddaughters–which puts me at much higher risk for developing a newly identified medical syndrome called : [...]
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Caring and Sharing
July 13, 2008 By 3 Comments
As I write this blog, my friend Dana is hauling herself up and down the hills of San Francisco to celebrate her 50th birthday. She’s in great company, with thousands of other participants on the Avon Walk, all of whom have raised money for breast cancer research. I feel really grateful to Dana, who is [...]
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No Weigh !!
July 8, 2008 By 3 Comments
So there we are, my two children, H, and his side of the family. All adults ranging in age from 20 to 70. Dinner is over, I am paying no attention to the conversation at the far end of the table when I see my nephew approaching with a bathroom scale. I have no idea [...]
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Meet the Fockers
July 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Although I’m Jewish, I don’t know much Yiddish. But I love the words I know, which perfectly capture things that the King’s English cannot begin to describe. Schlep. Schlemiel. Chutzpah. Chatchkes. Perfect words and impossible to imagine living without them. If Yiddish was still in use, maybe we would have words for other things equally [...]
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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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