The Hot Tub Compromise

My perfect vacation consists of a beach getaway complete with a private cabana, scuba diving, jet skis, and whatever other water sports are available. As luck would have it, my annual paid vacation time falls within “spring break month” for virtually every public school, parochial school, and college/university. Neither of us has any desire… Read More

Menopausal Pandemic Wedding Blues

Why does no one talk about menopause?  Every woman who has ever borne children shares her pregnancy and birth stories, yet menopause is considered too indelicate a topic for open discussion?   Why? It is a terribly uncomfortable transition that every living woman must endure, some earlier than others.     For a healthy woman in her Read More

“Love + Marriage = Hard Work”

Fairy tales are so misleading; Snow White’s poison induced nap can only be broken by the prince’s kiss, Cinderella marries the handsome Prince, and Sleeping Beauty is awakened by true love’s kiss. What’s the problem, you ask? The stories all end there. We are expected to believe everyone lived happily ever after? Yeah, right. Life Read More