Reinvent Date Night
When the salesperson arrives, Lisa promptly asks if the dress comes in the size "women who eat." Horrified, I lead the way out the door.
When the salesperson arrives, Lisa promptly asks if the dress comes in the size "women who eat." Horrified, I lead the way out the door.
Andrea Bonior | Posted 04.18.2012
Call it whatever you want: the Mommy wars, Mean Girls growing up, cat (or Tiger!) fighting: American culture seems to delight in watching mothers tear each other down.
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 04.17.2012
My sister is two years older than me. We've had a pretty good relationship throughout the years although our teen years have really taken a toll.
Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 04.17.2012
It's easy to forget -- when you're knee-deep in the process of living -- that Death is up ahead somewhere waiting to be dealt with, an inevitable passage we ponder and fear.
Natasha Scripture | Posted 04.15.2012
When I was a young, naïve thing, my Dad used to tell me: "boys don't want to be your friend." He then left the rest to my imagination.
Meredith McNerney | Posted 04.13.2012
In many ways, cancer does suck. I know. I received that dreaded phone call on my birthday, of all days, and that day sucked. But the benefit of the journey is experiencing the human spirit like never before.
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 04.12.2012
"I'm scared that we'll lose our bond and drift away from each other like I have done with all my school friends. What do you think I should do?"
Dori Hartley | Posted 04.12.2012
The kiss that never should have been -- but had to be -- took two people, made three out of them, gave them a life together and then broke them apart. We divorced.
Salon | Posted 04.12.2012
A young woman sleeps in her bed, in the embrace of someone who has a leg draped over her thigh and an arm comfortingly around her middle. When the ala...
HelloGiggles | Posted 04.10.2012
Spring Cleaning, loved by some and dreaded by others, is the annual major cleaning of your home that happens - wait for it - in the Spring. Since we'r...
Toni Nagy | Posted 04.09.2012
Where Hirsch's movie is so successful is that it ignites empathy for those that have been bullied and will forever imprint in the minds of those who have seen it.
The New York Times | Posted 04.09.2012
CAN men and women be friends? We have been asking ourselves that question for a long time, and the answer is usually no. The movie "When Harry Met Sal...
Nicola Kraus | Posted 04.06.2012
Yes, there is a real divide between the Rested and the Great Underslept, as I will refer to the parenting class. But I propose that if the childless can be patient, and the child-ed can refrain from misplaced condescension, we can benefit from each other.
Stuart Muszynski | Posted 04.06.2012
For all people, not just Jewish people, Passover is meant to break through the current-day "narrow straights" that restrict us from achieving the potential that can bring us happiness and help the world. But that potential rests on becoming a Dult.
HelloGiggles | Posted 04.05.2012
I don't write about celebrities and I am definitely not a writer. But the relationship between Michelle Williams and Busy Philipps has ignited the wri...
Nikki Luongo | Posted 04.04.2012
Johnny Cash, in the beginning of his relationship with June Carter, the love of his life, wrote a song that they share, which became an anthem for the...
Toni Nagy | Posted 04.04.2012
From the moment you find out you are pregnant, your potential to be annoying multiplies into one of those numbers only astrophysicists can understand.
Tom Fields-Meyer | Posted 04.04.2012
Ezra, who is now 16, had a prodigious memory--particularly for dates and animation trivia--and an extensive knowledge of animals. More important, he was sweet and loving and happy. What he didn't have was friends. Or, apparently, a need for them.
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 04.02.2012
I heard a tapping on the back patio door. It was the middle of the night and my son and husband were sleeping upstairs!
Linda Durnell | Posted 04.02.2012
However we choose to live our lives in our 50s, whether through true grit, humor or acceptance, it seems to me that it is a personal lifestyle choice.
Posted 03.30.2012
Many of our parents grew up in the same city where they got married, and stayed there and raised their children. Today that's not always the case. No...
Ken Solin | Posted 05.22.2012
When I was a boy, my heroes were the strong, silent types portrayed in the movies. It took me a while to figure out what acting like a man really means.
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.21.2012
Should I keep reaching out or just forget it?
Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.19.2012
I sent her an apology letter, I've posted on her wall wishing her a Happy Birthday, Happy Veteran's Day, mentioning how sorry to hear that her cat had passed, etc. with no response.
U.S.News | Phillip Moeller | Posted 03.16.2012
Phillip Moeller for US News The gravitational pull of individual friendships can have an enormous cumulative effect on the quality of our lives. Wi...
Heidi Brod | Posted 05.03.2012