From my sisters, I have learned lessons in the importance of standing up for myself and others, in sharing and cooperation, in being humble and never being afraid to apologize or admit when I am wrong. I have three siblings, all female, all of whom are my dearest friends. We are relatively close in age […]
Biological coincidence is no basis for lifelong relationships. My father died when I was 24 years old; my mother followed four years after. My mom’s death, in particular, left me emotionally unanchored. I had not yet started my own family and my messy, complicated relationship with her had been my center. As the youngest of […]
This originally appeared on The Date Report. Republished here with permission. The bad, old stereotypes of pathetic single women had been blasted—to be unhappy was to betray womankind, and myself. The setting was sufficiently glamorous: a friend’s book party in a 5th Avenue penthouse. I wore a chiffon dress with a Jackson-Pollock paint-splatter design, sipped […]
