Archive for September, 2007
Just for Fun: BAFAB
Well I know there is a day or a week to celebrate just about anything and everything but I was so excited when I heard about this one that I couldn’t resist sharing the news. The first week of each of four months—in January, April, July and October—-has been designated “Buy A Friend A Book […]
How to handle a breakup
The sudden loss of a close friend can be as painful as breaking up with a romantic partner, especially if you are the one who was left behind. Read my latest article on how to handle a failed friendship on RevolutionHealth.com.
Rx for making friends: One small step at a time
Anyone who is shy knows how difficult it can be to enter a room, a cocktail party, a classroom, or any other new situation and come face-to-face with a room full of strangers. I recently experienced this discomfort when I signed up for a Scrabble course at my local library. I immensely enjoy playing the […]
Are you or your friends digitivity denizens?
If you’ve never heard the term before, Ann Mack, director of trend spotting for JWT (the largest advertising agency in the U.S.), uses the term “digitivity denizens” to describe those of us who straddle two worlds, the real world and the digital one. According to a report by Reuters, the agency surveyed more than […]
The worth of friends who have been there
Some of the problems life hurls to us are so complicated and overwhelming that they are hard for our closest friends and family to understand. When those problems affect our children, it leaves parents feeling particularly vulnerable and alone. Such was the case for the Janice Bonis and her husband who couldn’t figure out how […]
Celebrate National Women’s Friendship Day – Today, September 17, 2007
Kappa Delta Sorority, the sponsor of National Women’s Friendship Day, has compiled a list of ideas for telling our friends how much they mean to us today! I‘ve listed the best of them and added a few ideas of my own: Send a short note to your best friends telling them how much they mean […]
The Fruits (and Vegetables) of Long Friendships
Today I saw my friend Vikki for the first time in a long time. She lives about two hours away from my home (without any traffic on the Long Island Expressway). The geographic divide between us as well as the hectic pace of our lives could have wreaked havoc on our relationship, but the two […]
Friendship by the Book: To My Dearest Friends
With great wit, Patricia Volk has captured the essence of female friendships in her new novel, To My Dearest Friends (Alfred A. Knopf, 2007). If you enjoy the humor of Woody Allen, read this book. After their best friend Roberta Bloom (Robbie) dies of breast cancer, two of her friends get to meet each other […]
