forget aging gracefully. i’m planning to age gratefully.
I have no interest in aging gracefully. Passionately? Oh, yes. Enthusiastically? You bet! Gracefully? Uh, no.
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going way, way back to my summers at camp willoway
As I was laughing and crying watching The Way, Way Back last week, it dawned on me that the most authentic coming-of-age movies – the ones that bring us right back to our own awkward years of growing up – always seem to take place during the summer. In fact, when I really think about…
yes, I’m still a daddy’s girl
Today is my dad’s 85th birthday, and I am so lucky to be able to celebrate with him. We’ll do what we both like to do most – go out to lunch together (with my mom, too, of course!) and spend a couple of hours talking about my kids, politics, movies, work, the Yankees, whatever’s happening…
anna, katie and edith: a week with my role models
Last week was amazing. I got a chance to see two fascinating movies, Arthur Newman and Mud, participate in World Book Night, have lunch with some of my local blogging friends, take a pizza-making class and meet two of my all-time favorite role models – Anna Quindlen and Katie Couric. I did most of these things…
one of the best things i learned from my mother
My mom has taught me so many big life lessons, like always following my dreams, taking care of myself and believing I can do anything. I write about her a lot, and consider her a real role model. When I mentioned to my kids, though, that I was going to write a post about “Something…