Two days ago, for the first time, the District of Columbia issued a marriage license to a gay couple, joining Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont in allowing same-sex marriage.
The solutions to sharing any particular chore (be that 50/50 or in any other ratio) are endless and as varied as the couples themselves. But the key is that no one "wins" and no one "loses."
The European Union Commission has proposed a new directive, to be voted on in March, that would make maternity leave compulsory for the first six weeks after a woman gives birth. You read that correctly -- compulsory.
The on-going exchange [...] was about the newest styles of certain designer handbags, and how the changes rendered last year's bags suitable for nothing more than make-up totes and packing accessories.
Tango is for us women, or followers to use the tango jargon, an exercise in back-walking, a quite unnatural position. Please, don't ever listen to those teachers who say that tango is natural.
This isn't about what we should eat. That's a matter of personal conscience. What it's about is this: Honoring. Honoring the lives of the animals and plants that die so that we can live.
Every time he says that he's trying to lose weight, it's a win for them. Every time he says he's not "that big," it's a win for them.
Tiger can evade undesirable tasks like cleaning his golf clubs or mowing the yard. But the most undesirable task for him, and all of us, is internal in nature not external.
Turns out that people aren't very good at thinking about two things at once. One study showed that when people were interrupted to respond to email or IM, it took fifteen minutes to resume a serious mental task.
These exercises will allow you to develop a personal, loving relationship with your body and see it for the miracle it is.
The Juban Princeling, is nearly a year and a half old (he turned 17 months on March 8), his father and I have earnestly started talking about one of the most important milestones in a child's life: his first movie.
We've all likely done what we could for others in terms of volunteering and donating -- but as moms we've got to think in terms of protecting our own families, just in case it happens in our backyard.
You need to make mistakes every day. You also need to embrace every one of those mistakes, because it is when you embrace your mistakes that you will learn from them.
