Had brekkie/lunch with two amazing women recently and was reminded again of just how crucial connection really is. As we spoke of our individual families, desires, and pursuits, I was amazed each time how in the sharing of them, more was created—solutions, ideas, motivation, and excitement. After one visit, both of us left with multiple …
I forgot the ham. Again. It sounds innocuous, but really, it’s becoming pathological. I didn’t notice it until last night when we had a “let’s do dinner and marshmallows in the mountains.” I said a hearty yes because in smug moment I knew that three types of custom-ordered deli meats waited in the fridge for …
Today I learned, yet again, how fabulous women are. Heading out to two radio interviews—one at the downtown KSL studio where I formerly did my radio show—I’m driving along, whistling Dixie, when I look down and see my dress strap has broken. No reason, just broken. So I rip into the underground parking lot five …
I really fight recognizing when I’m being pseudo-invincible. Meaning, I can keep going and doing and remembering and taking care of everything like it’s no big deal. It is a big deal. Really big. But the only ones that don’t realize this are my family, mostly because I don’t show my vulnerable side or allow …
Okay, I just returned home from a week of being gone and was a bit trepidatious to see how five children and no mama supervision had turned out. Most important, of course, was that the children were alive and had been occasionally fed; then that the house was still standing, mainly intact. But what I …
Have any of you read “The Female Brain” by Louann Brezendine, M.D.? My mom bought it for me, and talk about an interesting read. She talked about the biology of gut feelings, what women are known for, and how scientifically it’s true. “Gut feelings are not just a free-floating emotional state but actual physical sensations …
I’m feeling a pang of motherhood today. My 15-year-old son just returned from a youth camp and I poignantly felt that adage, “We give birth, and then spend a little every day saying goodbye.” When he left on the previous Monday, I had asked him to call us a few times and let us know …
I had a great experience last night with my daughter. I was reading Mika Brzezinksi’s book “Know Your Value” and was shocked to read that these high-powered women (Sheryl Sandberg—COO of Facebook, Valerie Jarrett—presidential advisor to Pres. Obama, etc.) had all experienced the same thing—being underpaid and undervalued. For YEARS. As I read their stories, …
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If you write, you know of an internal editor (that little voice that says after three laborious hours of writing, “That, my friend, is drivel.”) But as women, we tend to take it a step further to an internal critic, that little Aunt Mabel sitting on our shoulder, tapping her eyeglasses, and tut-tutting. “You can’t …
It’s a done deal, he’s cooked, finished, officially graduated! Not without a moment of trauma, mind you. Yes, the Tuesday morning before graduation my mom and I were chatting in my room with the little birdies singing outside my window in the glorious sunshine, when His Nibs comes up (after sleeping in) and says, “When …
