Many years ago, I taught a session on how many of our popular sayings contradict one another and leave some people in a state of mass confusion. For instance, you have “birds of a feather flock together” and “opposites attract“. Both are correct in different contexts. Friends […]
I have made it a goal to watch as many films this year and I have made good on that goal. And there are still two more weeks, more or less, to go. I got this! Because we have we have been watching as many movies as […]
It is amazing how many people do not think before they speak. I think we are advised from an early age that we should pause, listen and craft our messages. Sure, that becomes more and more nuanced from kindergarten onwards. Some people may not be as tactful as […]
We all have many ways by which we self-identify. We can be a mother, spouse, teacher, a New Yorker, psychologist, executive, hiker, fur-baby mama and so forth. There are numerous possibilities. There are some self-descriptors that are constant across situations and then there some by which […]
My son makes me laugh. Sometimes he makes me “belly laugh”. A good deep laughter that tickles my stomach. I asked him the other day why he was so goofy and silly and he looked at me noting he got that from me. He is a […]
Growing up I loved my mother dearly and felt lucky to have her as my mother. She always tried to make my life better and give me the opportunity to spread my wings. Even still, just like many other kids, I often noted I would be different. I […]
She sauntered into this wild museum on a happy note. She was singing some old song from over a 100 years ago. “Where do we go when we walk on light? Who do we call at the edge of night? Carry me close like the teardrops in […]
I am a very nostalgic person. I like holding onto mementos. I have held onto a small box for over 20 years that holds my high school facebook. It was literally a small book that had our face photos so that we would know who was who. I […]
Pizza is a funny thing. A delicious thing. A greasy, stomach-easing thing. Pizza is one of the most popular foods in the world and is common in Europe and North America. There is no town, or so it seems, without a pizza shop. Pizza is filling and quick. And […]
A few months ago, or so I believe, a sweet story went viral about a dad who made his daughter’s lunch everyday until her last day of high school. Actually, this was more like a year ago and the story was more about how her dad peeled […]
