Last summer, my kids traveled abroad for the very first time. They saw for themselves what it meant to leave their homeland and visit another country – a different culture, different language, and a completely different way of life. In so many ways, I think the Italian people are doing it right – they work […]
End of Summer Sabbatical
I’ve done some soul searching and I’m on a new path recently. I’m taking more and more time to foster one of my loves – the art of writing. In my latest post, I shared the wish of publishing more on the blog than once per week. But I realized the major challenge in reaching […]
Chasing a Dream
May 2004 Running on tons of caffeine and adrenaline, my body was bursting with nervous energy. I arrived in NYC early in the morning waiting for my chance to be seen. I was chasing a childhood dream – the dream of one day dancing as a Radio City Rockette. I stood outside the Music Hall […]
Rising Up to Restore the Shore
“The Jersey Shore that I know and love is gone.” – Jon Bon Jovi, on the Today Show. As a native Jersey girl, I grew up at the Jersey Shore. I grew up in a house that was on the mainland, but I was one of the lucky ones whose parents also owned a […]
What ‘Having it All’ Should Be
There’s been so much talk of women trying to “have it all” these days. Articles have been published recently encouraging us to even teach our girls at a young age to “have it all.” I may be in the minority when I say this, but I actually disagree. I don’t want to teach my daughter […]