Category Archives: My Family/My DNA

Not Guilty! Can Mothers Learn the Art of Letting Go of the Guilt?

By Linda | August 27, 2013

Women, especially we mothers, can be our own harshest critics. And when we don’t live up to our own very high expectations, we experience one of the most destructive feelings—guilt. We take the blame. We carry the responsibility. And we always find fault. With ourselves and with our performance as mothers.
I remember the first time [...]

Also posted in The Confessional | Tagged guilt, motherhood, parenting | 2 Comments

See Dana Run! A Newbie Half-Marathoner with a Mission

By Linda | July 9, 2013

Running, like in long-distance-marathon running, has never been part of our family exercise culture. Skiing, tennis, biking, kayaking, swimming, gym exercise equipment, yoga, and pilates are more likely choices for this averagely active group. (Lest I mis-lead or mis-represent, the youngest of three, Becca, does regularly run 3 or so miles, but not yet marathon [...]

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Happy Birthday Milton! A Miracle of Modern Medicine

By Linda | July 1, 2013

My father turned 85 years old today. This past weekend I went to Miami to see how he was doing just days after his being released from the hospital for another “tune up.” He was having trouble breathing for weeks. It sounded like fluid overload and heart failure. Finally he gave in and when he [...]

Also posted in Telling Stories | Tagged Happy birthday, heart disease, parents | 6 Comments

You Don’t Have to Be Perfect to Be a GREAT Mom!

By Linda | April 2, 2013

Role modeling is one of the cornerstones of good parenting. Most of us find this to be an overwhelming responsibility and worry if one misstep or a cross word is going to result in a “ruined” child.
Stop your worrying because you don’t need to be perfect to raise healthy children. You don’t have to [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day? For Some, Not For All.

By Linda | May 14, 2012

Mother’s Day is not happy for everyone. Thankfully, I am blessed. I have with three nice (grown up) kids, all independent and successful. At least two are in meaningful relationships with nice people. They even take the time and make the effort to recognize Mother’s Day. A beautiful bouquet of my favorite flowers that have [...]

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Meet French Philosopher Elisabeth Badinter

By Linda | August 9, 2011

Seldom do I read a New Yorker magazine article in its entirety, but in the case of Jane Kramer’s intriguing profile of French philosopher, Elisabeth Badinter in the July 25, 2011 issues of said magazine, I actually read it twice. And then I went and ordered her last book, Dead End Feminism. This is a woman [...]

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Blog Fodder

By Linda | March 30, 2011

The deafening silence of my keyboard is not from lack of material or from opinions formed that need to be shared. Oh no! It is a simple arithmetical calculation that there still remain only 24 hours in any given day and I have to sleep at least 5 to 6 of them if [...]

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Like Mother, Like Blogger! The Atlantic Has Spawned Another Greenfield Blogger

By Linda | December 22, 2010

The Atlantic (magazine not ocean) is profitable! First time in more than a decade. And our Becca is part of this glorious day! Print media is not dead. Electronic forms, particularly digital ads have saved the day (but not the trees).
Becca works as an intern/blogger/publisher (her name is on the magazine’s masthead as a [...]

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Thanksgiving Day—More Than Just a Day to Eat Turkey

By Linda | November 24, 2010

It’s turkey day again. The family is coming in, save for son who is travelling in the former Soviet Union, mainly Moscow. We will miss him as the family gathers in for our annual Thanksgiving Day weekend. It has always been a Brodsky weekend in this house, so my father, sister, and [...]

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Ladies of the Court—Irmela Appreciation Day!

By Linda | August 19, 2010

It’s Martha’s Vineyard time again. Hallelujah! It’s Matakesett Tennis time again. Halleluyah!
The Ladies of the Court have reconvened. We are bigger and better than ever. New faces, new friends, and new fodder for fierce competition or friendly play. What’s not new is the great job performed by the “Queen of Matakesett Tennis,” Iremla Fitzgerald. She [...]

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