by julie | Oct 21, 2020 | Older and Wiser, Relationships
A model. I want to be a model. That was me at 6 years old, because I thought I could sit still and smile all day and get paid. Nevermind that you have to, you know, be tall (I never made it past 5’6”), and walk without looking like a drunk duck (I have a wonky knee...
by julie | Jul 28, 2020 | Mothers Anonymous, Party On, Relationships, Uncategorized
Panic. No, only kidding! January starts full of hope, unless you live in Australia. Then your country is on fire and you can proceed to panic, but don’t proceed to the United States. Over here, your panic doesn’t need to start until March, when the country...
by julie | Feb 19, 2020 | Mothers Anonymous, Older and Wiser, Party On, Relationships, Women Rule
I am 40. I have gray hair. Wrinkles. Aches and pains. I can’t fully straighten the fingers on my right hand. I get indigestion. I am asleep by 9pm. My job is stressful. I drink too much wine. I don’t understand Tik Tok. I don’t like driving at night. I’ve been married...
by julie | Mar 27, 2019 | Older and Wiser, Party On, Relationships
Friday, Then and Now 7:00 a.m. Age 21 – Sleeping. Age 40 – Inhaling your second cup of coffee while packing your kids’ lunches (wait, whose class can’t have peanut butter?), letting the dog out, searching for your mascara, googling whether...
by julie | Jan 28, 2019 | Men vs. Women, Relationships
Power Couple Description – In a constant salary competition. After performing a heated risk assessment, adopted an 8 year-old from Singapore, who was promptly enrolled in early business education classes after school. Last vacation was based around his work...
by julie | Nov 8, 2018 | Relationships, Women Rule
You know those awful but wonderful viral videos you see on Facebook, where a baby hears for the first time after cochlear implants, or a soldier is reunited with his family? Today I felt like I was starring in one. I was sitting in the waiting room of the doctor’s...
