October 3, 2011 – 6:03 pm
It’s never too late to see your passions come to fruition….even as a mom caught up in parenting. I’ve adored theatre my whole life. In high school, I was part of the ensemble of Anything Goes. While singing is not my strength, I won the role of an Angel, and took pride in that status. […]
September 11, 2011 – 6:16 pm
New science sheds light on how birth order and brother-sister relationships shape our lives. An expert explains. By Mandy Van Deven Sometimes a family tragedy can expose bonds you didn’t know existed. That’s what happened with my younger sister and me. Although just 11 months apart, we could not have been more different: I rebelled […]
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 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 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 […]
It’s always amazed me that I’m a writer at heart because it’s such a solitary craft, and in that sense, it doesn’t suit me. I love being around people and feeling part of a community. That’s one of the resounding reasons I launched Motherhood Later…Than Sooner. But, for me, it’s not just about connecting with other […]
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 […]
I gave up a daughter for adoption when I was seventeen. I became a step-mom of two precious little girls when I was thirty-seven. The twenty years in between were filled with all kinds of efforts to be a good mom someday. I unpacked emotional baggage. I wrote in fifty journals. I took workshops. I […]