by Chrysa SmithYou've got the remote in hand. You're ready for your favorite sitcom, drama or reality show.Then, sure enough, you've flicked a bit too far---far enough to catch a tiny bit of the 24 hours of bad news always readily available to ruin your day. If it's not terrorism, it's the oil spill, the volcanic cloud, new causes for bad illnesses, earthquakes, economic downfalls, corporate corruption, out-of-control government spending. And then, just [...]
A Middle-Aged Woman Laughs at Life--Sort of. By: Mary Fran BontempoOh, the words I thought would describe my life! Glamour, travel, intrigue. The delusion of youth had me convinced my days would be full of wildly interesting choices offering me opportunities to work and study in all manner of intriguing locales. I’d spend my endless supply of time exploring the world, doing a job that would support me in the style to which [...]
In celebration of all things Mom oriented, this classic comic bit by Anita Renfroe says it all--or rather, says everything a mom says--in two minutes! You'll laugh out loud. Enjoy and Happy Mother's Day!
by Chrysa Smith I pulled an article out of the April issue of Allure Magazine (http://www.allure.com/.) Beauty by Numbers was all about age--low and high, good and bad, serious and silly. One of the stats that struck me, was that at age 31, Bette Davis starred in The Old Maid--a 1939 film about two cousins, involved at different times with the same man. In the film, Bette Davis winds up bearing a child [...]
A Middle-Aged Mom Looks at Life with a Laugh!By: Mary Fran BontempoI almost forgot it was coming.You’d think that with the saturation of airwaves, newspapers and internet with ads touting its approach, it would be impossible to blot out Mother’s Day, especially when you’ve been a mother for 25 years.But when I think of Mother’s Day, I envision handmade cards, macaroni picture frames and a plant, hastily purchased from a gas station nursery [...]
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