Why Every Woman Needs 12 Boyfriends
I encountered my first research subject, Billy Chumbers, in first grade. Our experiments were quite literally puppy love – I remember zooming around his living room with a sock in my mouth, pretending to be a dog carrying a pup. However, I thought of him quite seriously, and describedhim to everyone as my first boyfriend.
The Tool That Liberated Moms
When baby number one arrived 13 years ago, I had no email account or Internet connection. My Fortune 100 company used an internal company network – employees were forbidden to use computers to communicate with anyone or conduct any research outside the corporate net. This seems like cave-woman days in terms of technology.
The Difference Between Working Moms and Working Dads…
Like a lot of us modern moms, I was intentionally late to the child-bearing party. I established my career before having kids. I waited to find the right man to marry. At the right time.
Why Backing Out of a Wedding Honors Marriage
Freedom was on tap to everyone in the world on July 4th weekend. Except apparently the fiance of Prince Albert of Monaco.
Madam President Does Not Tweet Naked Photos
When I was ten, my best friends mom was the smartest woman I knew. She was a 49 spitfire from New York City who wore a great deal of black along with a sophisticated perfume never before sniffed in my staid DC hometown. As a young woman, shed been one of the early Peace Corps volunteers in Africa, and then written a best-selling memoir about the experience.