by Lisa Marlin | Dec 21, 2023 | Blog, Featured, Parenting
Sitting amidst shreds of Christmas wrapping paper in my parents’ bungalow in 2006, my curly blonde-headed five-year-old daughter looked up at me and asked if there were any more presents. Not that she was disappointed with the dolls and accessories she had received,...
by Lisa Marlin | Mar 1, 2014 | Blog, Featured, Parenting, Published
For 20 years I have driven my four children crazy, and to school. The early morning commutes to educational institutions all began when my oldest started kindergarten and it has continued to this day with my youngest in the sixth grade. That’s a lot of drop-offs...
by Lisa Marlin | Aug 5, 2013 | Blog, Featured, Published, Writing
(Probably one of my favorite essays ever, I wrote this for a competition and proudly won the big prize of getting paid to be published in Writer’s Digest magazine, July 2003. The cover of this issue is pictured here.) My name is Lisa and I am a user… of words. I was a...
