Lee Woodruff

Lee Woodruff: Am I Too Old To Be A Mom?

Lee Woodruff | Posted 05.09.2012

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Lee Woodruff

As I swam my laps, I wondered idly if I really was too old to have kids this young? Was biology nature's way of saying, "you won't have the energy for this in a few years?" And yet how many of us are successful at making life fall in line with the perfect time to marry, procreate or change careers?

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Q&A With Jim Gaffigan: 'Hot Pocket' Comedian Reaches Out to Our Wounded Soldiers (VIDEO)

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.08.2012

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Joshua Kors

Jim Gaffigan recently spoke with me about why he's reaching out to military families, why becoming famous has been both a blessing and a curse, and why his stand-up doesn't need swear words to hit home.

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Comedian Supports Veterans Through Woodruff Foundation

AP | JOHN CARUCCI | Posted 04.12.2012

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NEW YORK -- Comedian Jim Gaffigan isn't hoping a few laughs will help returning war veterans, he's banking on it. His new 75-minute stand-up specia...

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Forget Book Clubs, Pinterest Parties Are The Next Big Thing

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 03.29.2012

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The next big thing to hit your living room could be Pinterest. In a "CBS This Morning" report aired March 29, CBS revealed how some creative Pinte...

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Lee Woodruff's Advice To Her Daughters: Keep An Oar In The Water

Lee Woodruff | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Career Advice, Parenting, Lee Woodruff, Stay at Home Mothers, Parenting post50, Fifty News
Lee Woodruff

Young women today tell me they will not delay childbearing. They have seen too many women wake up at 40 wearing the "I forgot to have kids" sandwich board. And I hold my tongue. There is no cookie-cutter approach to any of this, no one-size-fits-all.

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The Revealing Note in Grandma's Cookbook

Lee Woodruff | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Lasting Love, Love and Food, Food and Love, Family Recipes, Love Food Quotes, Lee Woodruff, Love Poetry, Love Poems, Long Lasting Relationships, Joy of Cooking, Fifty News
Lee Woodruff

Recipes are the currency by which generations of women define and distinguish themselves from other families. These sometimes-secret formulas, handed down from mother to daughter, are inscriptions of endearment, the personal stamp encrypted in each dish like DNA.

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A Life-Long Marriage With No Memories

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Video, Lee Woodruff, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Amnesia, Traumatic Brain Injury, Fifty News

Lee Woodruff of CBS This Morning tells the poignant story of college sweethearts who are rebuilding their life together after the husband sustained a ...

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Emily Heinz

SLIDESHOW: Wounded Veterans And Caregivers Get Well-Deserved Makeovers

HuffingtonPost.com | Emily Heinz | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Bob Woodruff, Charity, Veterans Day, Bob Woodruff Foundation, Mary Alice Stephenson, Fashion, Lee Woodruff, Comedy, Veterans, Impact News

Laughing has a tendency to be therapeutic. Laughing combined with glamour might be the trick to actual healing. That's where celebrity stylist Mary...

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I Still Love You, Levi's

Lee Woodruff | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: '70s Style, Mod Squad, Fashion of the '70s, Levis Jeans, Corduroy Pants, Colored Levi Corduroys, Lee Woodruff, Farrah Fawcett, Duane Allman, Fifty News
Lee Woodruff

But there is one item of clothing about which I do wax nostalgic. My colored Levi's corduroys. Price: $35.00, which was a lot of chinkaloopas in high school.

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Boobs, Bras, Sex, Cougars And Sluts

Rita Wilson | Posted 01.07.2012

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Rita Wilson

At Post50, the sex might be about how you're not getting it, the drugs might be about Viagra, the rock might be about the knots in your neck and the roll about that extra weight around your midsection.

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In Honor of Mother's Day: Four Amazing Moms You Should Know

Elizabeth Thorp | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stand Up for Heroes, Cookies for Cancer, Abc, Bob Woodruff, Susan Nethero, Private Practice, Intimacy, Moms, Mothers Day, Lee Woodruff, Gretchen Witt, Amy Brenneman, Healthy Living News
Elizabeth Thorp

Here are some moms doing important things we can all learn from.

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Caring for a Loved One with Chronic Pain: The Four Caregiver Cornerstones

Lee Woodruff | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Caregiver, Caregiving, Pain Management, Lee Woodruff, Caregivers, Healthy Living News
Lee Woodruff

When you're thrust into the caregiver role unexpectedly, it can be truly devastating, particularly when your loved one is experiencing chronic pain, a condition that affects a whopping 53 million Americans.

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Lee Woodruff on the Giffords Family's Privacy and Road to Recovery

Nancy Doyle Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nancy Doyle Palmer

Lee Woodruff -- wife of ABC's Bob Woodruff, who also suffered a traumatic brain injury -- has movingly detailed the complexities of a very public injury and how the attending anger, grief and critical need for privacy impact the family.

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Five Ways to Give Back For the Holidays

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Margie Goldsmith

When I was a kid, Christmas was a magical time of receiving and giving gifts. But now I'm an adult and half the people I gift don't need anything; so ...

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Writing As Therapy: How Three Women Transformed Loss Into Longhand

Nancy Doyle Palmer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Publishing, Amy Dickinson, Wendy Burden, Books, Death & Dying, Longhand, Nancy Palmer, Loss, Lee Woodruff, Writing Therapy, The Inner Life, Bestsellers, Healthy Living News
Nancy Doyle Palmer

All three of these women have gone through significant and profound loss and all three are seriously the funniest people I know. Hard to pull off, but they do, in person and in their books.

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A Tweet To Remind, In Case You Forgot What Memorial Day Was Really About

Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Veterans PTSD, Bob Woodruff, Memorial Day, Remind.org, Twitter, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Stand Up for Heroes, Lee Woodruff, Memorial Day Weekend, Iraq Veterans, Tweet to Remind, James Gandolfini, Alive Day, Alive Day Memories, Media News
Rachel Sklar

Bob and Lee Woodruff have been just tireless in promoting their cause, and this latest iteration reflects a super-savvy harnessing of new media.

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Q&A With Lee Woodruff, Author Of Perfectly Imperfect: A Life In Progress

Leanne Shear | Posted 11.17.2011

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Leanne Shear

Lee Woodruff's second book, Perfectly Imperfect: A Life in Progress, hits shelves today. In between dropping off birthday cupcakes at her kids' school and her impending book tour, she talked shop with HuffPost.

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A Shock to the Brain

Lee Woodruff | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Head Injuries, Lee Woodruff, Bob Woodruff, Natasha Richardson Head Injury, Bob Woodruff Iraq, Natasha Richardson, Healthy Living News
Lee Woodruff

The odd juxtaposition between Bob's near-death blast from a roadside bomb and his subsequent recovery against a Mom's simple fall on a bunny slope resulting in death is the very thing that makes brain injury so hard to comprehend.

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Media Gives Thanks: What Media Figures Are Thankful For This Thanksgiving

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Martha Raddatz, Eric Bolling, Jenna Lee, Tina Brown, Bill Hemmer, Liz Claman, Thanksgiving, Terry Moran, Arianna Huffington, Joel Stein, Bonnie Fuller, Chris Wallace, Dan Harris, Christiane Amanpour, Becky Quick, Bret Baier, Willie Geist, Megyn Kelly, Joe Kernen, Lee Woodruff, Matthew Felling, Mike Barnicle, Courtney Hazlett, Major Garrett, Media News

It's been a year of ups and downs in the media industry, from the thrill of covering the Presidential election to the layoffs hitting almost every maj...

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ABC Reporter Bob Woodruff's Incredible Recovery From Traumatic Brain Injury

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cognitive Rehabilitation, Iraq War, National Guard, Abc, US Military, Iraq Veterans, Mental Health, Bob Woodruff, Brain Health, Traumatic Brain Injury, John Edwards, Bob Woodruff Foundation, Iraq, Lee Woodruff, Healthy Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

Sometimes Bob tells me he is not the person I married. And then, as I mention in the book, I laugh and reply "I am not either. I'm older, wiser and more wrinkled."

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Happy Thanksgiving! ETP's Favorite Media Mavens Give Thanks On This Holiday

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tucker Carlson: "Two words: Ron Paul. It'd be a boring year otherwise." Jeffrey Toobin: "I always give thanks for Judith Regan." Aaron Brown: "Not once last year did I have to say Paris Hilton or Anna Nicole Smith."

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Lee Woodruff To Join GMA

TV Newser | Chris Ariens | Posted 05.25.2011

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GMA senior EP Jim Murphy has announced that Lee Woodruff is joining ABC News as a life and family contributor for Good Morning America. Lee Woodruff i...

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Blog, Scoop Thyself

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

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A scoop for TVNewser today: Author and writer Lee Woodruff, wife of ABC anchor/correspondent Bob Woodruff and co-author with him on their book about ...

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