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Sep.09.2012
My husband and I still can’t believe we wondered whether to say yes to the parade.
The woman who helped us coordinate our son’s Bar Mitzvah in Israel this past summer went down a laundry list of possibilities—yes, a photographer would be lovely; no, we were bringing our...
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May.20.2012
Recently, I traveled to Denver for the International Symposia for Contemplative Studies. It was a conference all about how we can foster awareness and compassion for ourselves and others. A heavy name for an effort at lightening one’s mental load. I was there in my role as a professor and...
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Mar.28.2012
Attending the launch of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation a few weeks ago, I was struck more by the prospect of Lady Gaga naked than clothed. When asked by Oprah Winfrey about what really works to prevent bullying, Lady Gaga said there was “no one answer” or “single law” that could be passed to...
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Nov.08.2011
Clue: When your husband frames a younger man, shut up and be grateful.
Our wedding anniversary is tomorrow and I have no idea what to get my husband, Jacob. It has to be something good. Something really good. Really good because he is a wonderful husband. Really good because it’s our...
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Nov.02.2011
Midlife Scavenger Hunt Clue: Sometimes demons are muses, and in your mid-forties, like heartburn, they can no longer be ignored.
I met Gloria Zimmerman, the protagonist in my novel Oxford Messed Up, during my year from hell—a year when my family, career, and sanity were severely tested....
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Oct.10.2011
I know people who’ve done crazy things midlife: A friend who ran the Chicago Marathon, New York City Marathon, and Boston Marathon in seven-minute miles and still keeps trying to better her time. An acquaintance who, on her 45th birthday, flew to Africa to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. A...
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About Andrea
In her personal and professional life, Andrea has been involved with issues relating to special needs, in particular Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Her debut novel, Oxford Messed Up, is a literary love story that transports readers on a redemptive and...