Laboring On After Labor Day

By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this column, click the play arrow below.Yesterday was Labor Day, which for millions of Americans is a time of great wailing and gnashing of teeth. Not only does school begin, so the kids are unhappy, but the great American rat race of practices, games, lessons, frantic scrambling and chaotic schedules once again takes center stage and threatens the sanity of every mother futilely attempting [...]

2018-10-30T09:54:32-04:00September 6th, 2011|0 Comments

Of Earthquakes, Hurricanes and Chocolate Cake

By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below.When the phrase “rock my world” comes to mind, I can conjure more than a few, shall we say, interesting, images, most of which involve a hot tub and a hot stranger who knows nothing of my personal baggage.But no matter how the imaginary details vary, I never took the words literally. Until last week.Sitting on the beach [...]

2018-10-30T09:54:36-04:00August 30th, 2011|2 Comments

2.5 Million Friends Too Many

By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below.Did you ever hear the expression, “You can’t have too many friends?”I beg to differ.According to all of my current social networks, online communities and professional internet groups, I have direct or indirect access to approximately 2.5 million friends.That’s a lot of birthday cards.As a kid, I didn’t have many friends. I was a little nerdy (okay, I [...]

2018-10-30T09:54:41-04:00August 23rd, 2011|1 Comment

World Records Worth Breaking

By: Mary Fran BontempoFor an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below.Last Tuesday, Diana Nyad got out of the water. (http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/08/09/nyad.103.mile.swim/index.html)I get out of the water every day, after I shower. Then I step into my safe little bathroom, towel off, blow-dry my hair, dress and apply make-up. Generally, I’m never scared, unless I spend too much time looking in the mirror. But as far as the water part goes, [...]

2018-10-30T09:54:47-04:00August 16th, 2011|0 Comments
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