When I weighed 115 pounds… there was always something riding up or digging in or oozing out as I gazed in the fitting room mirror. The bathing suit fitting room would still be my least favorite place on the planet. That includes the DMV and my periodontist and jury duty. ...
Coco Chanel, “Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it’s up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.” So I decided it was time to listen to my Fashionista daughter....
I didn’t want this trusted frient to hear how many pounds I weighed and that I lost 20. Seriously? Still? How old must I be before I de-weaponize the power of that number on the scale?...
I am happy to report that the girls I used to know were still there deep inside these women, just housed in bodies that complain a bit more. We are all first generation college graduates......
My age makes it beyond the statute of limitations. The odds are small that skidding and wiping out and crashing will do serious damage…when you’re nine. But now…....
In today’s world where rudeness, narcissism and entitlement often rule the day, it’s hard to convince a child that nice guys will be rewarded, not punished, for their good nature
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The young girl behind the counter was able to simultaneously stare right at me and ignore me…reminding me of a comedian’s line I heard recently, “Blink if you’re here against your will.”...
Marcia's written three novels, three self-help books and dozens of essays for women’s magazines. She’s taught memoir writing, wrote for the Long Island section of The New York Times, and served as the content editor of beinggirl.com.
