by Lisa Marlin | Mar 1, 2018 | Blog, Middle Age, Parenting
My daughter will never fill my shoes. She’s a size smaller after all. But she asked to borrow a pair anyway because of a last-minute decision to wear flats on the first day of her internship where she anticipated a lot of walking. Even though she owns piles of high...
by Lisa Marlin | Jul 9, 2017 | Blog, Middle Age, Parenting
I just finished another trip around the sun. I think I have jet lag this time. Or maybe it’s motion sickness I’m feeling. Or both. No matter, there’s no rest for the weary. The next flight took off in the wee hours of the morning and I boarded with my suitcase full of...
by Lisa Marlin | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog
For a Boston Terrier nearing the age of 15, we knew Champ was pushing the limit of dog time on earth. His heart was kept beating by three twice daily medications that had become less and less effective. This morning, he could barely walk down the hall. He looked at us...
by Lisa Marlin | Mar 10, 2017 | Blog, Middle Age, Parenting
I’ll never look at my kid’s messy room in the same way, not since author Rebecca Eanes’ meme popped up on my Facebook. It read: “If you think their messy room is hard to look at, just wait till it’s empty.” I actually teared up. Ms. Eanes writes about positive...
by Lisa Marlin | Feb 19, 2017 | Blog, Middle Age, Parenting
Because they’d put the baby down and forget where. That’s the punchline for: Why shouldn’t women over 50 have babies? I wrote it down first in case I forgot, which is often the case with my joke-telling. Forgetfulness isn’t the only side effect to...
by Lisa Marlin | Feb 5, 2017 | Blog, Middle Age, Parenting
Grace and I read A Dog’s Purpose over winter break in December, using two bookmarks. It was the first time we have read a book at the same time. I had suggested it when I found out that the author W. Bruce Cameron and his wife, screenwriter Cathryn Michon, are part of...
