Death-defying roller coasters, swimming with sharks, skydiving, running with the bulls of Pamplona: child’s play. All of them. When compared with a woman figuring out—maybe for the first time in her life—how powerful she really is nothing even comes close to that thrill. I know because I’ve seen it happen. As women, being a good […] Read more…
I got the best call and the worst call from a friend of mine last week. She and I have been friends since high school which means we’ve seen each other at most of our highest and lowest points—from birth of our first child to passing out cold after drinking one too many Bacardi Breezers. […] Read more…
Until six month ago, aside from the two months it took me to get pregnant with each of my sons and the nine months of gestation, I had been on the pill since I was sixteen. In the spirit of full disclosure, there was that one time after the birth of my second and last […] Read more…
“That girl who works for you, does she cold call for you?” Asked a male co-worker of my business partner. For context I am a forty-two-year-old woman and the man asking is maybe two or three years older than me—if that. Also we’ve worked in the same office for seven years. Yes seven years not […] Read more…