“Some balls are held for charity / And some for fancy dress / But when they’re held for pleasure / They’re the balls that I like best / My balls are always bouncing / To the left and to the right / It’s my belief that my big balls / Should be held every night” […]
“I feel like I might not be a good mom. He’s a person. I am responsible for a person! There’s a physical limit to what I can do so I let him watch tv or give him the ipad. It’s hard for me to keep up. I feel like I need to be educating him […]
The problem in America isn’t so much what people don’t know, the problem is what people think they know that just ain’t so. (Will Rogers) Insufficient facts always invite danger. (Spock) When I wrote “The Happiness Formula” it never dawned on me that it is part of the “self-care” trend. In hindsight, of course it […]
An excerpt from “The Happiness Formula” chapter: “YOU TOO HAVE SUPERPOWERS” Our favorite protagonist pops up across all genres of literature, both classic and contemporary, in movies, plays, almost any story around the world for centuries – the HERO. The hero is after some ultimate objective and must encounter and overcome obstacles along the way […]
“Are you screwing my husband?” I could feel the nervous energy of the woman on the other end of the phone as she paused before responding, “You will have to speak to him about that.” I took a deep breath partly in an effort to control the venomous anger I felt not just at her […]
How Do You Make God Laugh?…Tell Him, “I have a plan.” “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says ADONAI. As high as the sky is above the earth are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8-9 CJB) During our brief […]
How do you know if you’ve “made it?” What’s the criteria, the standards, the metrics? I was 27 years old when I drove my first “new-to-me” luxury car off the showroom floor. It was an emerald green, tan leather interior, V8, Oldsmobile Aurora complete with sunroof, heated seats, and more bells and whistles than I […]
Recently I attended two professional women’s meetings and heard what I consider “disturbing” comments from women. The first comment came from a woman encouraging a man to join the organization, “You would do very well in this women’s group because women would rather do business with a man.” The second comment came from a woman […]