Somewhere in the midst of the school runs and packed lunches, I stopped taking care of myself. I’d ask you to raise your hand if you are also guilty, but if you are, you’ll probably injure your shoulder in doing so. I’ve got calendar notifications and weekly schedules, To Do lists which are miles long. […]

I paid $300 for an appointment with the menopause doctor. I was sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. I was also sick of hearing my family doctor tell me I was too young to be going through “the change” and did I want some anti-depressants? No thanks, but maybe my hot flashes would […]

I’m having a midlife crisis. People talk a lot about male midlife crises. The sports cars. The buxom bimbos. The gold chain nestled in overflowing grey chest hair. Somewhere in their middle years, men come to the sudden and bewildering realisation that they won’t live forever. Rather than face into that blatantly obvious fact of […]

I grew up in the deep South, land of cotton fields and family trees that are more stunted bush than towering oak. You introduce yourself to strangers as, “Lynn, Ken’s daughter,” and spend the first five minutes finding out where your family histories intersect. Where I grew up, people weren’t encouraged to write their own […]

I am damn good at my job. I like it, am well-rewarded and come home each night feeling like I’ve made a difference. And yet, despite all of the accolades and personal satisfaction, I still sometimes feel that I am letting my kids down by not being with them 24/7. Stereotypes are a bitch. I’ve […]

Last week it sucked to be an adult. The laundry was piled up to my knees, the dirty dishes had overflowed across the counter top and we ran out of toilet paper. It was one of those moments when I stood in the midst of the chaos, raised my hands in the air and shouted, […]

My heart races as I eye the thick white envelope in our post office box. I hold my breath as I reach in and slowly pull it out. This is it. It’s real. I’m going off to college. Back when I was a kid, college letters came in two formats – thin, narrow envelopes with […]

  It all started with an invitation to interview. One for him. One for me. Life is like that sometimes….you spend ages waiting for a great job opportunity to come along and then whammo! You both get interviews at the same time. Except his interview was in the Netherlands. And my interview was in San […]