I am fascinated by the Catholic Church. I attended Catholic school from first through sixth grade. I was sent there by my very much not religious agnostic mother and atheist father. It’s like a set up for a bad sitcom, right? I loved my Catholic school education though was always deeply skeptical of organized religion […] Read more…
Four years ago one of my favorite clients asked me to attend her year-end goddess soiree. After making sure it didn’t involve nudity, animal sacrifice, or drugs I was sufficiently curious to check it out. Nervous yes. I mean what does a financial advisor wear to a goddess soirée? A toga and a pinstriped blazer? […] Read more…
As parents we make the rules in our house: in bed by nine, no dessert until you’ve eaten your dinner, no hitting your brother with the wiffle ball bat – you know, the basics. Because let’s face it, even on the best of days raising a family is managed chaos and craziness. Can you imagine […] Read more…
This is tough stuff and I’m not going to sugar-coat it. One of my dearest friends just passed away and I’d say the hardest challenge as a mom was what, when, and how to bring my children in the loop. So the following post is my two cents, for what they’re worth, of the down […] Read more…
The concept of God or a higher power is a funny thing. I tell people I have to go to church every Sunday because I am such a sinner. Which is only partly true. The main reason I go is because I like it. I really and truly like it. I was sent to Catholic school […] Read more…
Let’s be clear that I am writing this post at 9:30 on a Sunday morning and I am totally blowing off church. Yes I am a sinner. A sinner raised by an atheist mother and a father who believes life after death is one long dirt nap. Interestingly enough it was my non-believer father who inspired […] Read more…
I know the exact moment I knew my son had ADHD. He was seventeen months old and I had been away from him for three days – the longest stretch ever in his young life. When I first saw him he came toddling over to me, I picked him up, and then the weirdest thing […] Read more…
Yesterday I picked up my boys from elementary school early and took them directly to Dairy Queen where I allowed them to order medium-sized ice creams instead of the usual small. I decreed it an official dessert before dinner day. Friends came over last night with their child and we spent the evening baking, decorating cupcakes, and watching […] Read more…
As working moms the concept we’re most familiar with is “rush.” We rush to work, we rush from a late meeting with a client home to our families, we rush to make a vaguely edible dinner for our families, we rush to the grocery story to buy a dozen white eggs to hard boil at 10pm in […] Read more…