Elizabeth Edwards took the stage at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York today virtually - via Skype. As her flight was cancelled at the last minute, she was unable to make her in-person slot for us or "Good Morning America" so she did them both from home. As I watched the program - questions fr...

Last week, I chopped 7 inches off my hair.  For most people, that would be difficult, but for me, not so much.  At the time, it was 100 degrees and my matted mop of oft complimented auburn locks was just getting to be a) too much to bear and b) sallow from lack of updating the color. ...

Tonight, I sent my husband out at short notice to a Giants baseball game.  TypePad kindly gave tickets to the Silicon Valley Moms Blog, and I was the first one to grab them.  I've learned after several serious relationships and now approx. 8 years with my husband that it's good to encourag...

I finally got to writing this post at the end of our topic day because - well - I spend so much time on various forms of coping, one of which is a deeply ingrained talent for keeping too busy. Actually things are much, much better for me in terms of my health and the chronic pain. (I usually don't r...