Tag: life lessons
One Isn’t the Loneliest Number: Why I’m “One and Done”
I remember the day I had my daughter like it was yesterday. The simultaneous feeling of having been hit by a truck and the...
One Sunrise At a Time
March 6, 2020: I was standing in an airline terminal watching the sun rise over Queens, NY. Throngs of people surrounded me. Women dressed...
When You Are at a Crossroads With Your Career
From as early as I can remember, I wanted to be a teacher. I recall my second grade teacher, who I admired, asking what...
The Best Lesson I’ve Learned
You might say I’m a crier: sad movies, sweet commercials, an email about my baby’s first school pictures. I find this trait about myself...
The Best Parenting Advice I’ve Ever Received
There's really no way to fully "prepare" for becoming a parent. I mean, you can check things off your to-do list by preparing a...
Mama, Look in the Mirror
Mama, I’d like you to do me a favor today.
All it needs to take is a single minute. 60 seconds, that’s it.
Whenever you choose...
Facing My Fear Head-On
Fear has made my heart race and invaded my dreams because of a medical procedure I feared. My fear was to have an endoscopy...
Your Senior Was Admitted. But Is Your Teen Ready for College?
Did you know that if you help a butterfly out of its cocoon, it will die? The struggle to get out of the cocoon...
Thank You Disney+, It Was Exactly What I Needed!
Most evenings in December, you could find me curled up on the couch watching the movie Godmothered with my three daughters. In the background,...
The Friendships We Foster on Facebook
To the moms I've re-friended from my childhood, thank you.
We became friends long before Facebook existed. We met sometime in elementary school and naturally...