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 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...
by Lisa Marlin | Jan 7, 2017 | Blog, Middle Age, Parenting
To my dearest Emmali, I blinked. And it happened. One moment we’re carrying your bedding, clothing and mini-fridge from the back of the packed SUV into the freshman dorm room you’d be sharing with a stranger; the next second, I swear, we’re reserving a U-haul truck so...
by Lisa Marlin | Dec 31, 2016 | Blog, Middle Age, Writing
Dear December 31, 2017 Me, What can I say that you don’t already know? You are at the end of a year that I can only dream about. You have experienced events that I have no idea will end up on the calendar. They are secrets to me now as they should be. If 2015 Me had...