Dear 15-year-old me
August 19, 2015
By the way, I never became the air hostess or the detective you thought I would be! In fact just the opposite happened.
By the way, I never became the air hostess or the detective you thought I would be! In fact just the opposite happened.
We’re worried fairytales will disappoint our girls if Prince Charming never shows up; or that Barney Stinson is a bad role model for boys. But is reality any less far-fetched?
I lived this way, learning to be a louder version of myself, for 29 years. I despised it. And then I was given a gift.
800 million users spend 700 billion minutes using Facebook each month. Will hyperconnectivity be a net positive or negative influence on the younger generation by 2020?
There is a dangerous indirect message here: that appearance always matters and is the only thing that matters.
Do young men talk fatherhood over beer? Are daddies headed in a new (and improved) direction?
As a girl playing with my dolls, I always pretended they were other people’s kids. As an adult I lumped getting pregnant with getting married, and slapped a “no thank you” on both.
Adoption is often the last resort. But what about the outliers–those of us for whom genetics has come to matter the least?
This is a simple story, rarely told. Of a magic that began when I was first created. Of a rainbow that leads to eternity, one that will remain long after I have left.
Until you have that ring on your finger you are their child and they will always view you as such, no matter if you’re living at home or miles away.
Get your kids to race for who can collect the most recyclable material; tell them to keep brushing until the timer goes off! Fun ways of being green.
Convert your leftover food into nutritious soil and use it in your garden!