Uncle Sandy turns 93
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Last Saturday, we celebrated Uncle Sandy’s 93d birthday. Uncle Sandy is the last of that generation. He was married to my aunt Birdie for 55 years, and since she died, he’s been living alone in New York. A biochemist, her was one of the first benc...
A song for my granddaughter
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We just got a granddaughter, and she’s the first girl in my family in two generations. We are thrilled, and so, kind of, is her big brother, Benji, who is 3 1/2. I am watching Benji’s reactions carefully.
Benji stayed with us while his mother was...
Benji stayed with us while his mother was...
Oh Florida, my Florida
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I just got back from a trip to southern Florida, where I made 3 appearances in two days on behalf of my book, Walking on Eggshells: Navigating the Delicate Relationship between Adult Children and Parents. It was wonderful. The audiences were gener...
Mourning a dog; help from my little grandson
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We put our beloved dog down on Friday, and we were not a minute too soon. Memories of Herbie when he was well and could walk and prance have returned. It was hard, and we were sad, but my concern was our grandson, the 3 1/2 year-old Benji, who was...
Death of my dog
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Yesterday, the acupuncture vet, who has been visiting our ancient dog to ease his aching hind end, gave him the injections that ended his sweet life. Herbie came to us by plane nearly 15 years ago. This adorable and competent puppy grew into a swe...
Women Helping Women on my book tour
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This week I was in Chicago, where I did a TV appearance and two speeches.
The first talk was at the Chicago Foundation for Women, an advocacy group promoting social justice and safety for all women. I met with the staff, which is mostly young, so...
The first talk was at the Chicago Foundation for Women, an advocacy group promoting social justice and safety for all women. I met with the staff, which is mostly young, so...
A moving moment on the Walking on Eggshells tour
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This afternoon I went to Connecticut to speak at an event honoring the sustainers of an excellent women’s volunteer organization. It was held at a large and gracious home, and about 100 people attended, mostly women, but a good handful of husbands...
A speech on a rainy night
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Last night I journeyed out to New Jersey from Manhattan to speak about Walking on Eggshells to a group of about 40 people. We left very early in case of traffic, and so of course we arrived an hour early. There was another speakers, Karen Stabiner...
Walking on Eggshells, 20 interviews in 10 hours
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Monday I spent a fascinating morning in a TV studio in New York, where I did a total of 20 interviews via satellite, on radio and TV, promoting the paperback edition of Walking on Eggshells: Navigating the Delicate Relationship between Adult Child...
WALKING ON EGGSHELLS TOUR: Mother-in-law advice
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Yesterday, I did my first presentation for the paperback edition of my book Walking on Eggshells: Navigating the Delicate Relationship between Adult Children and Parents, to a group of women of all ages at Random House. Most of the people in the a...
