"A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever after." Peter DeVries, American satirist Oh, for the days when I actually knew what I was doing as a mother. I would go into a grocery store, see a toddler with orange popsicle smeared on her face and give a… Continue reading Mothering fails
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Enough hoochie-mama
"What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language." Miuccia Prada, Italian fashion designer I have never thought about clothes more than since our daughters entered adolescence. It's a mine field out there. If designers aren't making something too short, too… Continue reading Enough hoochie-mama
Wrapped in light
"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” American author Mark Twain If the dictates of fashion and inter-cultural politics ever allow women of no color to go about wearing full-body Indian saris, I'm in. Not only are they insanely pretty, they beat the yoga pants off the competition when… Continue reading Wrapped in light
Rocking life day by day
“Your consistency says a lot about your commitment.” Rasheed Ogunlaru, British business coach While a new look or partner can get many a celebrity attention, the women who are really rocking the world are all about consistency. Look at Tammie Jo Shults. When the Southwest Airlines jet she was piloting went bad in multiple ways… Continue reading Rocking life day by day
Defying gravity
"With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come." William Shakespeare You could say the guy was armed to the Bluetooth. He sat at our favorite diner, waiting for his soup -- while texting, reading something on a Kindle and wearing a fitness tracker on each wrist and a Bluetooth in one ear. And, I thought… Continue reading Defying gravity
Nora Edinger -- JOY Journal 