You were rude to your husband, my friend said to me on Sat. She had observed a completely ordinary interaction between my husband and I.
I responded to her criticism by going into defensive hyper-sensitive justification mode that quickly turned into sobs.
I’ve been internalizing every hateful, critical and harsh comment against Kate Gosselin mother of sextuplets and star of Jon & Kate, Plus 8, that has been written on my BlogFabulous post Kate Gosselin, Time’s Person of the Year.   Evidently, many, many people find Kate’s treatment of Jon despicable beyond redemption.
My friend’s benign comment simply provided an excuse for all that internalized criticism to bubble over …read more

The only magazine I read that I haven’t (borrowed) from a Dr.’s office is O Magazine. You know, Oprah’s on it so it’s hard to miss.
I always love Martha Beck’s advice most. Last month or the month before she wrote about lateness and who is always late and why. Now, Dr. Phil would have you believe that everyone who is always late is just arrogant and believes the whole world should have to wait for them. This makes me mad about some people in my life who are chronically late. It doesn’t ring true for a friend of mine, however. …read more