Advice to a Wary College Graduate…40 Years Later

I had an epiphany last weekend. I toasted my nephew Sean on his graduation from Fairfield University and realized something — I graduated from the same school exactly 40 years ago! I couldn’t help wonder, if I could go back in time, what would I tell that excited, yet nervous young woman about the decades […]

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The 3 Toughest Lessons of Motherhood

  As a young mom, I assumed everyone was kidding when they said, “Wait till your kids get older. It only gets harder.” I panicked. How much harder can this be? With round-the-clock feedings, diaper changing, and unending “togetherness,” this job was relentless. But as I came to find, they were right. Some of the […]

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Building The Perfect Summer

Let’s face it — we only get so many summers in our lifetime. And the older I get, the more precious they become. I see the days from May to September like beautiful beads on a necklace, each to be cherished. There’s nothing worse than getting to Labor Day, with a bunch of “should haves.” […]

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Letting Rocky Down Easy

  We’ve had our cat Rocky almost 16 years, the longest of any animal in our marriage. Now 81 in human time, he’s stone-deaf and arthritic. His once-supple spine feels ridged. One day Rocky was the new kitty on the block, brash and bold. Now he’s elderly. The other day we discovered something that may […]

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6 Ways Libby is Perfect (And One Way She’s Not)

  I can see my husband rolling his eyes now. ”If I hear about this dog one more time.” He calls her a “football-size tornado.” To me, she’s my adorable Papillion/Yorkie. I love Libby. (And despite his bluster, so does Randy). Maybe you’re contemplating getting a dog. If that’s true, let me recount how Libby […]

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Does Anyone Else Gain Weight… From Exercise?!

I know. It goes against everything the experts have told us over the past few decades. Exercise more. Eat less. Lose weight. But many have learned with soul-crushing frustration (myself included), it’s not always the case. Like Sherlock Holmes, I decided to solve this riddle, and I think I finally did. Here’s how it happened… […]

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The Shocking Day My Husband Intervened

The other morning my husband Randy did something so unexpected, so out of the blue, so sudden, so surprising, I gasped in sputtering disbelief. “Its for your own good,” he said as I stood there, blinking back tears. I never thought I’d see this behavior in my spouse of 37 years. Yes, Randy snatched away […]

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How Often Do You “Press the Buzzer?”

Popular blogger Seth Godin has come up with a fascinating theory. He said the contestants on Jeopardy who win most aren’t always the smartest. They’re the ones who buzz in first. Many claim the answer comes to them in the nick of time, although they can’t say how. Seth calls this the “Press the Buzzer” theory […]

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