I painted my toes pink this month in recognition of October National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. “Just put your arm around this bar and hold it tight. Lean in a little more. Just a little more,” said the radiology technician…
Enjoying the Little Things With My 91 Year Old Mom
October 19, 2012
I was reminded about slowing down and enjoying life as my sister N and I celebrated my mom’s 91st birthday last week in Flo-ree-da. It felt like it was just yesterday that she had blown out the candles on her…
“I don’t believe in therapy anymore, I just go get a blow dry at the hairdresser” said the writer Delia Ephron at the Pennsylvania Governor’s Conference for Women held at the Convention Center last week in Philadelphia. Delia spoke at…
“Are you starting anew in the new year?” said the rabbi as he unwrapped the torah for the Rosh Hashanah service and invited the community to share in the opening and closing prayers each time the torah was read. He…
I ordered a copy of “The Late Show – A Semiwild but Practical Survival Plan for Women Over 50” in tribute to the late Helen Gurley Brown, who passed away this month. I am raffling off the book to one…
“What is that mixture you are putting on my face?” I asked my esthetician D as she slathered on a smooth mask during my facial last week. “It’s a papaya and yogurt mask,” said D. “The healing enzymes in papaya…
