When my children were young, they thought they were rich if they had a handful of pennies. Then they got older and realized that a handful of pennies might feel like a lot of money, but the reality is that it won’t buy you much. But something has happened over the past few weeks. Suddenly it is as if it clicked for all six of them that there's no money tree outside of the … [Read more...] about When My 7-Year-Old Decided to Get a Job
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The Day I Decided To Become A Pokémon Master
As I’ve written many times before, my son is obsessed with all things Pokémon. When he first discovered it about a year and a half ago, I thought that it would be, like his other, earlier obsessions, a passing fancy, one that he would grow out of as he matured, or when the next big thing came around. But despite the emergence of Skylanders Giants and Lego … [Read more...] about The Day I Decided To Become A Pokémon Master
Why I decided to be a surrogate…
Infertility is something that is close to my heart as a very dear person in my life has been suffering from it for many years. I wish I could change things for her, but I can’t. I don’t have that power. Still, with every negative pregnancy test and each failed attempt to carry a baby (even with help of fertility specialists) I found … [Read more...] about Why I decided to be a surrogate…
Brooke Burkes Decidedly Blue Shower
Genetically blessed Hollywood couple David Charvet, 35 and Brooke Burke, 36, joined friends and family at the Treehouse Social Club in Beverly Hills. The occasion? A shower for their second baby together, due mid-March. Brooke already has three beautiful girls, Neriah, 7, and Sierra Sky, 5 (her daughters with ex-husband, plastic surgeon Garth Fisher, from whom she split in … [Read more...] about Brooke Burkes Decidedly Blue Shower
Breaking the Cycle of Alcoholism
Have you ever had that moment when you stop and say, how did I get so lucky? Well, I wish I could say that the happiness I live today was all luck but it was a long journey of healing to get to a place of joy. When I was young I had a troubled upbringing. There was anger in my home, alcoholism, physical abuse from my mother’s boyfriends but the ultimate trauma was the sexual … [Read more...] about Breaking the Cycle of Alcoholism