When I went off to college, I chose a school six hours north of home. I thought my hometown was kind of boring, and I wanted a change. I loved my family, but I needed to separate from them. I swore I wasn’t going to move back home after I graduated. Ten years after I […]
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If You Love It, Time Will Come
People sometimes ask me how I find time to keep a journal, write a novel and keep a blog. Part of that is simple: I AM on maternity leave, so I have more flexible hours than someone who works full time. But I found time to do all of those things while I was working, […]
Women’s Ego
UPDATE 4/8/13- I just read this blog post from Jen Lancaster, one of my favorite memoirists. It’s a good counterpoint to the seriousness of the issues of women’s ego and compensation in the workplace. I promise, you will laugh: Jen Lancaster on Channing Tatum ………………………………………………… I recently signed up for Elance, a website that finds jobs for […]
Believing In Signs, Validating Choices
I used to believe very strongly in signs. I believed that there was a universal force woven into my life, one that gave me subtle signals to guide my choices: which job to take, which boy to date, which hobby to cultivate. I believed that if I was in tune with myself and with the […]
Teaching And Pushcarts
It’s the first day of school today, and for the first time in 27 years (since I was 4) I’m missing it. It’s a strange feeling for me, but I know that I’m about to embark on a new experience from which I’ll learn more than I could ever imagine, and will also become the […]