A Jersey Girl’s Visit to the Beach in the Off-Season
As a Jersey girl, I am no stranger to the beach. In college I worked the late shift at the local grocery store so that I could spend days at…
Read moreFacing Fears Big and Little
Welcome a Secret Subject Swap. This month 14 brave bloggers picked a secret subject for someone else and were assigned a secret subject to interpret in their own style. Today…
Read moreMy Escalaphobia Was Temporary But Very Real
Although I didn’t know there was a name for it, apparently escalaphobia really is a thing. As a child I was responsible for shutting down an escalator, not once, but…
Read moreYou’ll Go and You’ll Like It!
Families are busy. Sometimes too much so. We get caught up in our schedules and are constantly moving from one activity to another. Those of us with more than one…
Read moreOn Wednesdays We Play
Have you ever considered what people might think if they saw what goes on behind-the-scenes at your house? Do you ever wonder what it would be like to catch a…
Read moreSelling Rainbows Proved to Be About As Profitable as it Sounds
When I was in college, I answered an ad for a sales job and was hired to sell Rainbows. Putting it like that, in hindsight, that should have been my…
Read moreGambling With a Hair Stylist Is a Mistake
It was the start of the 80s, the decade of big hair. I had been begging my mom to let me get a perm. I had long, wavy hair that…
Read moreGardening Is Good for the Body, Mind and Soul
My first experience with a garden came as a child when my dad dug up a large plot of land in our yard. My parents left it to…
Read moreThe Surprising Secrets No One Tells You About Beauty Pageants
When I was 15, I was a contestant in the Miss New Jersey United Teenager competition. The year prior, my best friend had participated in the pageant and I had…
Read moreWhen You Have Kids Young, 36 Feels Old
When my youngest started kindergarten, I was surprised to find at Back to School Night that I was still on the younger end of the parenting scale. I was 36;…
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