Tough Cookie Mommy | September 9, 2009
Today was the first official day back for students in New York City. My students looked wonderful in their crisp uniforms with their new bookbags and sharpened pencils. Every year, in September, new students emerge from the ashes of the previous year. They are just like their new notebooks, full of clean blank pages that [...]
Tough Cookie Mommy | September 8, 2009
It was only a matter of time before this subject came up in one of my blogs. The reason for that is that I am happily married to the biggest sports addict in the world. My husband will watch any sport that is on television even if it’s rock throwing. The addiction doesn’t stop there, [...]
Tough Cookie Mommy | September 8, 2009
One of the things that I hate the most in the world is a nosey neighbor. Unfortunately, I seem to be surrounded by them in my neighborhood. It seems that there is a direct correlation between a neighbor’s age and their level of nosiness. Why do I say this? My young or younger neighbors really [...]
Tough Cookie Mommy | September 5, 2009
This evening I went out for dinner and drinks with my husband and, when we returned home, I decided to take some time out to finally watch the Chris Brown Interview on Larry King Live that everyone has been talking about all week. (Yes, I know I am a little late.) My husband took some [...]
Tough Cookie Mommy | September 2, 2009
I live in New York City so you would think that I am generally surrounded by enlightened, open-minded people. Unfortunately, this is not always the case and the experience that I had today reminded me that ignorance and racism are still alive and well in our society. Let me just give you a little background…I [...]
