I was chatting with my four-year-old cousin (who is a 35-year-old New Yorker stuck in the body of a toddler). She was asking me all sorts of inappropriate, sweaty-palm inducing questions like: Did you grow your babies in your tummy, and how did your babies get into your tummy. After I answered affirmatively to the babies in […] Read more…
Before I was a Grownup
As working moms, our days are filled with obligations – to our children, to our husbands, to our employers or businesses. We race at breakneck speed from the office to a client and then onto soccer practice. We’re constantly focused on what’s next – you know that and not forgetting our children at school. And to […] Read more…
Teaching The Intangibles, Part II: Gratitude
When the nurse laid my first sweet little baby boy in my arms right after his birth I looked at that squishy little innocent face and swore I would be the best mom in the world. Which for the next ten months meant catering to his every need: feeding him when he was hungry, rocking him when he […] Read more…
Teaching the Intangibles: Part I
Last night my seven-year-old son played the first game of his competitive soccer career. Have you ever watched a John Hughes movie where the white suburban kid is about to learn a major life lesson at great personal embarrassment and expense? So that ‘s pretty much how this game went down. As my son and his […] Read more…
Tooting Your Kids Horn
Dear readers, how many of you have ever had the pleasure of having a conversation with a colleague or acquaintance that goes something like this: “My son has been invited to be on the competitive soccer team. He’s such a gifted player.” Usually they tell you this right after they tell you about their fabulous […] Read more…
Pussy Riot And The City Of Women
I admit sometimes I get caught up in all the petty “challenges” in life. I start thinking that any slight offense visited on me from anyone (Arizona drivers, the idiot in customer service, my crappy daily horoscope) is proof yet again of how tough life can be. Not only do I stop seeing the forest for the […] Read more…
Let’s Hear it For The Boys!
Having just come back from my celebrating my twentieth high school reunion, I can tell you there is nothing more fantastic than the raw honesty created when dealing with people who suffered with you through what is probably one of the most awkward times in all of our lives. And it was in this homey little […] Read more…
Relaxing Makes Me Too Uptight
It’s that time of year again. The seven day stretch of time that I attempt to shut off my cell phone, stop checking email, and let my backup handle my clients’ immediate needs. Theoretically I should be looking forward to this time with blisssful anticipation. In practice I become a a raving lunatic. If you’ve ever watched the […] Read more…
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Marissa?
When 37 year old Marissa Mayer was named the new CEO of Yahoo, women everywhere rejoiced. – I know I did. Girl power! And when she made it public not too long after that she was also (gasp) expecting, the party died down and everyone seemed to have an opinion. But when she went onto say she’d work […] Read more…
Operational Alpha
Generally speaking I’m not the girl you want at your company-wide mandatory meeting. Chances are I will be late, I will be checking my emails the entire time, I will make fun of the speaker with my neighbor, and I probably will have to leave early. I blame it on undiagnosed ADHD. It really has […] Read more…