A New Kind of Children's Hospital
Timber Branagan preferred the orange light. No wait, the green light. Oh, and the red too. "I loved all of them!" the 6-year-old says enthusiastically. Choosing a custom color for her hospital room was...
View ArticleWe Are the Lucky Ones
In the five days before Christmas, most children try to be on their best behavior, knowing that Santa is watching. Unfortunately, my daughter couldn't do that. Like 1 in 5 Americans, she has a mental...
View ArticleTop 10 Worst Christmas Songs Ever
'Tis the season...to hear endless loops of holiday music and feel tempted to strangle someone with red and green garland. While some Christmas carols might actually bring joy to the world, there are a...
View ArticleComparing Yourself To Others: Why You Need To STOP!
Comparisons. We all make them. I'm not talking about comparing ourselves to the impossibly perfect images that we see in the media, but rather the comparisons that we make in our everyday lives. For...
View ArticleThe Day My Menopausal Rage Shrunk to 5X Its Size
The time for holiday shopping has come, and my menopausal self is shockingly glum. After bad traffic and an hour of parking, I've started my fussing and whining and snarking. "They are so happy," I...
View ArticlePrepare Your Car For Winter Weather
For 20 years, Bruce Lubin and his wife Jeanne have been collecting tips and hints to save time, money, and make everyday tasks easier. Their book "Who Knew?"by TeleBrands includes thousands of...
View ArticleAlan Thicke Unloads Toluca Lake Mansion...Finally!
We all love getting a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the glitz and glam of celebrity homes. Excerpted from my blog Habitat For Hermanity: Many of you loyal Hermanity peeps may recall an episode of...
View ArticleMy Potty-Training Saga -- And What You Can Learn From It
Written by Ellen Seidman for Babble.com Ten years of changing my son's diapers. Yep, that's what I've been through. Max has special needs, and potty-training him was a long, long haul. His delays had...
View ArticleDear Russia
Tonight, my heart is heavy. I have tried and tried to find words to talk about your government's plan to ban American adoption of Russian orphans. I've started countless posts and just keep having to...
View Article7 Ways to Ring in the New Year With Kids
Written by Mary Lauren Weimer for Babble.com Before we had kids, my husband and I made a big production of New Year's Eve. We spent it out on the town and always had a blast with our (also childless)...
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A Librarian's Tips For Keeping Your New Year's Resolution
As anyone who has tried to keep a resolution knows, change is hard. Many of us over 50 have given up long ago on the idea that making a New Year's resolution is a path to anything but disappointment....
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A Librarian's Tips For Preparing To Diet
Many modern diet books, no matter what food plan they espouse, recommend a preparation phase of a few hours to a couple of weeks before implementation of a diet. Younger dieters may be impatient with...
View ArticleThe Only New Year's Resolution I'll Make
For the past week or so I've been hearing about how all of my friends and family and acquaintances plan to improve their lives over the next year. There are health-related resolutions, career goals,...
View ArticleNew Year Inspiration: Fort McMurray Philanthropist Is 11-Years-Old
The end of an old year and the beginning of a new one is often a time for reflection. We pause and think about people and events that have affected us over the past twelve months, and we consider what...
View ArticleAging Advice From Two Tired Old Broads: Just Don't Stop
More than 20 years ago, I joined my closest women friends on a four-day backpacking trip in the Golden Trout Wilderness area of Kern County, California. Back-country hiking and camping is so far...
View ArticleUp in Smoke! Saying Adios to Cigarettes
In recognition of National Quitting Smoking week, two of Huffpost's young contributors, Miranda Frum and Daniel Alexandre Portoraro, have volunteered to quit smoking and keep a daily journal about it....
View ArticleFinding Inner Peace at the Food Court
My patients have the impression that I am a perfect role model when it comes to nutrition -- never deviating from the health and wellness regimens that I espouse. I've even been called the Queen of...
View ArticleThis Family Day, Don't Play Games with Your Children
Living in the province of Ontario, I am fortunate to have the day off on February 20 because of the statutory holiday "Family Day". This holiday was created because the provincial government felt that...
View ArticleThe CNN Bubble: Where America Is the World
I went to the dentist's the other day only to be confronted with light-hearted anti-American rhetoric. Apparently the technician's sister had gotten "dumber" since moving down to the States with her...
View ArticleThe Kind of Porn You SHOULD be Watching
Porn is out there, it's accessible, and it's here to stay. Sex and porn are so inextricably linked that it's as impossible to imagine the world without the one as it is without the other. Call me...
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