(Happy Mother’s Day to All.) {A Poem}
For the mother who wants nothing, more than hugs. For the mother who needs nothing, beyond time spent together. For the mother where words of cheerful greeting find they can never be enough, but...
Tagged: women
Celebrating Being a Woman.
I’m sitting here listening to the sounds of my husband giving his mini-me a bath—our daughter. I often “joke” that looking at her must be like looking into a mirror for him. It’s a...
How to Raise a Girl.
I’m about to have two little ladies running around my house instead of just one. (I’m expecting a girl.) And raising a girl is nothing short of a blessing. But sugar and spice and...
How to Treat a Lady.
In this day and age the word lady arguably has many definitions. Let’s put it this way, if you’re someone who complains, privately much less publicly, that women want to be independent yet have...
8 Tips: How to be an Aggressive B*tch That People Actually Like.
There’s a falsehood that repeatedly circulates and that fallacy is that people (be it man or woman) don’t like aggressive women—and I wholeheartedly disagree. And it’s not about being a tactful bitch or even a pretty,...
The Caged Girls: Before She Wakes.
Visit here for more of The Caged Girls. Chapter 33. I never liked my nose much, until I broke it. It changed and I realized that it hadn’t been half bad for basically my whole life...
Recipe for a Successful Life.
“My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.” ~ Eartha Kitt I just got off the phone with my sister. She witnessed a...
The Caged Girls: Flying Above the Storm.
Visit here for more of The Caged Girls. Chapter 29. My pen rolls across the paper—fluidly—and my words come out almost sloppily. (It’s not my usual, preferred ballpoint pen.) My fingerprint-laden aviator sunglasses—the ones I’ve had...
8 Tips How to Love a Woman, From A Woman.
I hope this isn’t a disappointment, but this particular article is about one of the most sacred relationships that’s ever existed: the friendship between women. From Ruth and Naomi to the Ya-Yas, some of the best stories...
The Caged Girls: The Key.
Visit here for more of true-life novel The Caged Girls. Part Five: The Key (Chapters 13 through 17). Chapter 13 She sits typing rhythmically in recycled plastic yoga leggings that are softer than satiny...
