I was profoundly struck by Juliana Miner's recent post entitled "The Sweet Spot" on her blog, Rants From Mommyland, which was published on The Huffington Post website: http://www.rantsfrommommyland.com/2013/07/the-sweet-spot.html .  If you haven't read it, you must, especially if you are a mom to children in the age 4-12 range.  I credit her for honing in on this incredible place…

Whitney is away at camp for 2.5 weeks,  It's her second year going, and she was ecstatic when I dropped her off.  For me, the reassurance of knowing she's somewhere familiar (myself, my mother, and grandmother all attended the same camp) makes it so much easier not to miss her constantly. I always enjoy hearing reactions…

Sadly, this is not the first post about my underwear and I can't promise you that it will be my last.   I know I am not the only suburban mom who could use continuous sprucing up in this area.  I've decided perhaps I need to start holding a monthly pow-wow with my lingerie drawer, to…

Amazingly, after ten years, I've returned to work two days a week.  I'm back at my old office at Harvard Business School, working in the Annual Fund.  This all happened so fast, but so far, so good.  It's a super office, with interesting people from a variety of backgrounds. My husband jokes that my first…

The other day, I took Hadley, my youngest (6.5), grocery shopping with me.  For years I've avoided stores with my children at all costs.  It's boring for them, and hard for them to understand when I tell them we can't buy anything other than what is on the list.  I didn't realize just how long…

Tomorrow is the last day of school, and for me, the melancholy of June has set in like a thick fog blanketing my heart.   Time has flown by, and while all three of you become giddy at the prospect of next year, I'm overcome with sadness facing the reality that time seems to only…