Great story in the latest issue of Sports Illustrated about college football players who discover after their playing careers are over, that they are seriously overweight. Most people would go right to the cover story on the Stanley Cup. Or the NBA Finals. Or even the feature on the 16-year-old baseball player they’re calling “Baseball’s…
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Why do I get the feeling that if I jumped in front of a speeding train to rescue a group of orphans, at the press conference awarding me my medal for bravery, someone would ask me how it felt spending my career around naked men in lockerrooms? Everyone wants to know about the naked men….
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Whenever possible and especially when the occasion is a truly special one like it was today, I will not hesitate to embarrass our children. I believe it keeps them humble, builds their character and is a great source of amusement for my husband and I. It’s nothing major, mind you. This morning, all it really…
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You have to love children. That’s what my mother-in-law, who spent her entire career as a teacher and school administrator, tells me about the profession.   I love children. Or my own, at least. But I question whether I have the aptitude to teach — and by aptitude, I mean the self-control necessary not to be…
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I wrote a letter today. Actually put pen to stationery, addressed the envelope, stuck a stamp on it and mailed it. And I was struck by the fact that I could not remember the last time I had done such a thing. Oh sure, I send out birthday and sympathy cards, thank-you notes. But this…
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