September 5, 2011 – 10:51 am
My friend Janice Paran, who is the dramaturg on Motherhood Out Loud, got in touch with me to ask if I would like to write a monologue for the show. Janice described the show’s concept and told me that the cast would consist of three women and one man, and that they had one monologue […]
August 27, 2011 – 1:28 pm
(CBS News) Forbes is out with its annual ranking of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. Topping the latest list is German Chancellor Angela Merkel. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton moves into the No. 2 spot, followed by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff at No. 3. Women on the list come from politics, business, […]
August 25, 2011 – 10:35 am
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August 20, 2011 – 11:25 am
By Theresa Walsh Giarrusso, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Making the rounds on Facebook (similar to a chain letter) is an angry, yet funny list that some mother wrote about kids going back to school. The list has been passed around so much that the author’s name is no longer attached. (If the author is out there let me […]
August 16, 2011 – 5:56 pm
About six years ago, I decided to try my hand at writing an essay for the Modern Love column of the New York Times. I wrote about my hope that my teenaged son would one day find romantic happiness and my fear that, because he was on the autistic spectrum, it might be a struggle for him. I […]
August 16, 2011 – 5:42 pm
Where and when did the idea for MOTHERHOOD OUT LOUD come from? Susan (left photo): I was a active Broadway Producer in the 80′s. When my daughter Samantha was born, I decided to become a full time mom. When she started first grade, I began working part time. I teamed up with a partner in LA, and we […]
August 15, 2011 – 10:12 pm
As the stores begin stocking back-to-school clothing and notebooks, it’s hard not to start thinking about the end of summer. Before we know it, school will be back in swing, and the barefoot, carefree, sunny days will be long gone…sigh! Of course, it is important to plan ahead in order to get school supplies at a […]
I’m always on the hunt for ways to strengthen my marriage. Not that there is anything wrong with it. But the point is that marriage relationships can take unintended wrong turns when left on auto pilot. So last summer I tried something different. I took my children on vacation for a week and left […]
Like so many other young people in Cairo, Yasmine el-Mehairy saw no future in Egypt. What she saw was a dead end. Then came Tahrir Square. Six months after an uprising led by people like her ousted Hosni Mubarak and overturned the established order of the Arab world, Ms. Mehairy has joined the ranks of […]
Both of my parents have passed away, and little has shaped the way I raise my children or affected the relationship I have with my husband and in-laws more than the fact that my mom and dad aren’t here to be grandparents to my children. I am a parentless parent. Because women are having babies […]