Thanksgiving Thankful List 2011
Today, I drink mimosas in the morning, order take-out in the afternoon, and quietly think about the past year, the things I’m thankful for. And so I won’t forget, I take to my PC and write them down. This year, the list although short, it’s long in quality. 1. My Genes. I am so blessed to have long and healthy genes. My grandparents and great-grandparents on both sides lived well into their 80′s and 90′s, so I’m hopeful that despite my calendar age, I am not yet considered middle-age. 2. There’s only 348 days until the general election. It’s no secret I’m not a fan of the current White House occupants, but no matter what side of the aisle you route for, you’re guaranteed that every four years you get...
Read MoreBelief Without Action is No Belief at All
A friend once told me, “your only job is to believe.” And yes, once upon a time, I believed in Santa Claus and magically on Christmas morning I got what I had asked for. However, I’m not five anymore and if my job as an adult was only to believe, I’m confident I’d be continually disappointed. Yes, believing in something is vital today’s complex and dysfunctional world, but to believe in isolation is incomplete, a dangling participle, waiting for the the antecedent to take it’s rightful place. Belief without action might as well be no belief at all. As I see it, the older we get the more we have to have substance to support our beliefs. Just sitting around idly waiting for something to happen just because we...
Read MoreMy Past is Her Future
Timing is everything. I came across this quote only four days after my first love and heartbreak said, “I do” to someone else. It’s been over 20 years since we parted ways, but it doesn’t make the sting any less. I loved him with all a 20 year old college sophomore knew how to love, but to find “happily ever after” before seeing the world, testing my limits and dare, I say, finding myself, would have been foolish. We said, “good-bye” 20 years ago, and over time I slowly let him go, recognizing that there were many more boys to like and love. Today, as as a mature thirty-something, single gal, who is fully in tune with herself, I understand, I accept that my past is someone else’s treasure. Geoff, I loved...
Read MoreDate Night Returns
Finally, I have a date again. My boyfriends, Damon and Stefan are back, which promises me a night with my boys every Thursday night. So take note: I will not be taking calls on these most precious nights. We’ve been apart for way too long.
Read MoreThe Class of 2015
Over the past few weeks, my Facebook feed has been full of back to school photos. Kids starting 1st grade, 7th grade and even a college freshmen. I drive through the streets of DC where at GW and Georgetown I’m greeted with “Welcome Back Students” signs. It’s an annual rite of passage for parents and kids alike. An event I haven’t participated in since Fall of 1994. But this year, I came across a post that gave me pause: a reminder that there’s not only a new generation of back to schooler’s, but a whole new mindset. A few of my favorite’s from the full list: O.J. Simpson has always been looking for the killers of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Women have never been too old to have children. Ferris...
Read MoreReflections on a Hurricane
Umm, if you haven’t heard there was a hurricane that traveled up the East Coast yesterday. Her name, Irene. And based on media hype, you’d expect that Irene was the second coming of Hugo (’89), Andrew (’92) and Katrina (’05) all rolled into one. In reality though, it appeared that my grandmother’s sister Irene is stronger than this hurricane. I know many of you will say, that the loss of lives in NC and VA demonstrates the dangerous impact of the storm. And though, I don’t underplay the loss of life in any natural disaster, people do die in these storms no matter how big or small. It’s a hurricane fact. Today, as I awoke with no power (and no, I didn’t bitch; loss of power in storms is expected. And...
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