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My 6-year-old, Jack, has figured out a surefire way to charm his mom. He’ll say, “Mommy, I have something for you.” Then he takes my hand and kisses it. The first time he did this, I thought it was just about the cutest thing ever. But it makes me ... Read more...
My son, Jack, and I play the superpower game. He toggles between being invisible and flying. My would-be superpower: the ability to create more time. I wish the ticking clock would pause now and then so I could fit more in. That’s why I’m all about short ... Read more...
It’s always struck me as funny that we tend to make resolutions to better ourselves in the dead of winter when we can barely pry ourselves out from
under our toasty comforters in the morning, let alone put on a tracksuit and sneakers at dawn to launch in ... Read more...
They say that what you focus on expands. If you concentrate on what you’re grateful for rather than on what’s troubling you, you tend to be happier. At the top of my gratitude list is my son, Jack. He turned 6 this month, and we treat his birthday partie ... Read more...
I dread getting a call from my son’s school. It’s never good news. No one there calls to say, “Just thought you’d like to hear that Jack read a whole book today!” Instead, the calls always begin “Jack is fine,” followed by t ... Read more...
I was proudly pedaling away in spin class (not proud because I was kicking it in class but because I’d actually managed to pry myself out of bed on a Sunday morning) when the instructor put on an old Supertramp song, “Take the Long Way Home.” I fla ... Read more...
The golf legend should take a page from "The David Letterman Handbook on Extramarital Affairs" and come clean. By refusing to speak out publicly, he’s inflicting even more pain on his family and allowing the media circus to escalate.
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Working moms say they’re facing their worst nightmare in today’s custody hearings. Are they getting a raw deal? Many lawyers and judges think so.
When we hear about custody battles, we pretty much take it for granted that the mot ... Read more...
Women are poised to outnumber men in the workplace—so what’s it going to take for women to hold more of the country’s top jobs?
I believe most people in the country are equally comfortable hiring a female lawyer, meeting with ... Read more...
Jack is turning 5 this month— and he wants the world to take note. When people lean in and tell my son, “You’re so cute,” he no longer smiles coyly and says,
“Thanks.” He corrects them: “No, I’m not. I’m bi ... Read more...
