Most days since Election Day it feels like it did after my father died. I would go about my daily life and temporarily forget this awful event had occurred. Then something would trigger an overwhelming wave of nausea that reminded me that my life had taken an unexpected turn and there was no going […]
What Learning To Dance Taught Me About Life
The day my parents agreed to sign me up for ballet and tap lessons I was ecstatic. I had read books about dancers and watched them on television, dreaming of what it would be like to put on a leotard and float across the floor. Now I was going to learn how to be […]
What Happened When I Rediscovered The Library
One of my cousins likes to remind me of the summer I went to spend a week with them at Bud Lake and I brought with me a copy of Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates. Most kids at that age made sure not to forget their sneakers and bathing suits. Even though I knew I […]
Why We Need A Weight Watchers Approach To Digital Consumption
Through my teen years I was model thin, standing at 5 feet 8 1/2 inches and hovering between 117 and 120 pounds. What I ate and how much I ate was of no concern to me. Then came college and the freshman fifteen, which lingered with me past graduation. My twenties were no better. I […]
What I Learned About Passion After Following Mine
This month will mark eight years since I opted to follow my passion instead of taking the safer route towards a more predictable and steadier paycheck. It’s been a journey filled with joy and tears, successes and failures, moments of certainty that I’m on the right path and others of being down on my knees, […]
What I Learned 30 Years Ago But Didn’t Know Then
Thirty years ago I drove home from my weekend share house in Avalon, New Jersey to spend Father’s Day with my Dad. I stopped by Avalon Seafood and bought an oversized container of she crab soup and a pound and half of cooked shrimp. Dad loved his food, especially food that he could really get […]
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