I used to be so nice
And Demur. Submissive. A Follower. What happened? Life created an animal in me. I am second generation Italian. It’s in the genes and also in the unwritten manual that females […]
What Easter dessert looks like to empty-nester (read: abandoned) parents! Yogurt and fruit
What Easter dessert looks like to empty-nester (read: abandoned) parents! Yogurt and fruit. Meh dessert, meh kids.
Some things are so sad
Some things are so sad. I didn’t know Willis Hossler, except through Facebook. I can’t remember how we found each other. All I know is that he responded in the […]
Be Nice. You never know what someone is going through
Some things are so sad. I didn’t know Willis Hossler, except through Facebook. I can’t remember how we found each other. All I know is that he responded in the […]
In my #BeNice! campaign, I find that I’m not being very nice several times a day
In my #BeNice! campaign, I find that I’m not being very nice several times a day. Especially when I’m put on hold for an eternity, and the rep who responds […]
No problem
“No problem.” That is the response I received at the gym this morning, when I thanked the front desk staff for the sauna being hot today. This is a ridiculously […]
Good attitudes begin with manners
“No problem.” That is the response I received at the gym this morning, when I thanked the front desk staff for the sauna being hot today. This is a ridiculously […]
Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones?
Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones? That’s how Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother was supposed to start. Based on that, I wouldn’t have […]
There is no right or wrong way to parent, as long as love is in the equation
I love memoirs. Just finished reading Amy Chua’s, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. It was fabulous. Her original idea was to show how Chinese parents are better at raising […]
Learn from the past, but bring it forward
Learn from the past, but bring it forward. I’ve noticed that people my age (58) have a tendency to live in the past. I’m as sentimental as they come, but […]