2013-04-20 18:23
What defines a good friendship? Like all relationships, some are healthier than others. So how do you know if a friendship is good for you?I read once that the way to assess a friendship is… Read More
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San Diego Writer Girl, Lisa Rose, unleashes her voice on the masses.
2013-04-20 17:55
We’ve all heard the cliché, “Home is where the heart is.” But what if your heart doesn’t feel at home? For almost 23 years, I’ve lived in California. And… Read More
2013-01-31 16:38
There are moments in life when someone says one line -- one line that completely realigns your thinking. So potent and flawless in its simplicity, the line comes to you as if spoken by God.A… Read More
2012-11-11 17:48
Son Jack: “What are those blue things in your ears, Dad?”Husband Don: “Those are earplugs.”Jack: “Why do you need those?”Don: “To stay married.&rdqu&hell…Read More
2012-11-11 17:47
We've all had moments when we could swear someone said something exactly the way we thought we heard it. Turns out, that's not what they said at all. I had a moment like that recently.I went… Read More
2012-11-11 17:45
Image via WikipediaWhy is it that when we’re doing something stupid, we have no sense of the stupidity? We have a blind certainty that whatever it is we’re doing, it’s good… Read More
2012-11-11 17:43
My husband is an excellent sleeper. I, on the other hand, have sleep envy. Don wouldn’t wake up if you stuck an apple in his mouth and put him on a spit over a roaring fire.You could f… Read More
2012-11-11 17:37
Fire season is upon us once again in Southern California. While Montecito and Yorba Linda go up in flames, San Diegans brace for another one. Years of little rain make the land brittle and r… Read More
2012-11-11 17:34
Kids are strange. With every one, there is something that seems relatively simple that they WILL NOT do. In our house, it’s sit for a photo. You would think smiling for the camera woul… Read More
2012-11-11 17:23
As my kids get older, I often forget those early toddler years when the simplest tasks were seemingly insurmountable. I could not change my clothes without an audience pointing to body parts… Read More
2012-11-11 17:22
Yawn, yawn. It’s Super Bowl Sunday this weekend and even if the Chargers or the Patriots were playing, I wouldn’t be remotely interested. I’ve been on the planet long enoug… Read More
2012-11-11 17:07
My daughter is being bullied at school. Today it’s her freckles and the shape of her face. Tomorrow it will be something else. She gazes out the window on the ride home. I see her eyes… Read More
2012-09-09 04:29
The sun made its first appearance in months, weaving its way through the pines of the Berkshires. There we were, baby-oiled college sophomores, lined up like matchsticks on our towels. I gla… Read More
2012-08-09 14:37
Ask anyone you know about the worst boss they’ve ever had and guaranteed, you’ll be there for three hours wishing you hadn’t asked that question. Just thinking about your… Read More
2012-08-05 17:54
I love dogs. You’d think I wouldn’t, having been flattened by a German shepherdwhen I was 11, but I don’t blame his momentary lapse in judgment on the entire species. We ha… Read More
2012-07-29 18:29
When I was 14, I got my first job as a waitress for a catering company. Hoisting fully-stacked trays of wedding dishes every weekend took its toll on my young frame. I spent years doing yoga… Read More
2012-07-29 18:29
My son makes me laugh every day. But he isn’t trying to be funny. If anything, he’s dead serious most of the time, which makes him even funnier. He’s been a diabetic since… Read More
2012-07-29 18:28
My son, Jack, is the serious one in the family. Don’t know how I spawned a stone face from this pack of clowns, but I am forever on a mission to convert him to the cult of the ridiculo… Read More
2012-07-29 18:26
I’ve decided to be the assistant coach of my daughter’s soccer team this fall. My knowledge of the game is limited to which team has possession of the ball and when someone score… Read More
2010-11-16 02:40
One morning this week, Jack’s hair dried in a wind-swept fashion that gave him a real mod look. Like a stage mom, I ran to fetch the gel to enhance the style. As I was tugging on the p… Read More
2009-11-08 07:32
Although Halloween has not yet been crossed off the calendar, the Christmas marketing campaigns are now entrenched. They arrive in camouflage mode in summer. By early fall they are in full-s… Read More
2009-03-12 15:51
Image by Shutter Ferret via FlickrThere are some people who should just stay the hell away from all things photographic. I am the Grand Puba of that bunch. I make my very-Martha-Stewart-moth… Read More
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