Sharon's Blog

Jun 9, 20223 min read

The magic of making it through

Granted, I was overwrought from the beginning. Our son – whose voice is his job, and who had just lost his voice the night before – was...

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May 26, 20222 min read

The gift of birthdays

I was in the maelstrom of mid-life – the tsunami of kids, commitments, work, worry, aging parents – when The New York Times Magazine...

May 18, 20222 min read

Making tracks toward my birthday

I'm currently prepping for my big birthday on May 30th. Although I do indeed plan to celebrate, activities do not include party...

May 6, 20222 min read

Mother's Day is for the mighty

I never wanted to offer my children bromides (Follow your bliss.) or platitudes (Everything happens for a reason.) to make them simply...

Apr 11, 20222 min read

Digging for the “so what” of your life

Writing a memoir comes down to providing a reckoning of your life. And as such, when you reach a certain age, you realize it's high time....

Mar 28, 20221 min read

TED made me talk ... and people listened

When an otherwise level-headed young woman asked me if I wanted to entertain hundreds – ultimately, thousands – of people by giving a...

Mar 9, 20222 min read

Forging a new path…when you really don't want to.

I was a journalist for most of my career, so I was very comfortable continuing to do that ad infinitum for the usual reasons: I loved the...

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