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New Year Resolutions

Ah! the New Year and all the hope, energy, and resolutions it brings. I woke up on the first day of the year and browsed a bit through the news pages to find one too many articles on how to keep New Year’s resolutions. Curious, I read a few articles that offered some tips on […]

We’ll leave the kids with Jack

Just the other day I was watching Mary Poppins with my 4 year old daughter. While it was the magic, and the songs, and the penguins that enthralled the young girl, I, on the other hand, was left wondering about the Sister Suffragette scene – particularly the lyrics of the song: “Our daughter’s daughters will […]

We’ll leave the kids with Jack

Just the other day I was watching Mary Poppins with my 4 year old daughter. While it was the magic, and the songs, and the penguins that enthralled the young girl, I, on the other hand, was left wondering about the Sister Suffragette scene – particularly the lyrics of the song: “Our daughter’s daughters will […]

A Miracle this Christmas

For Ale and little Frankie.   About two months ago, the Momyers* (including me) were excited about our December reunion. I initiated the coordination to ensure we had all saved the same date to get together. How difficult is it for few friends to get together? Honestly, the planning to get together for few drinks […]

Someone to kiss our boo-boos away!

I have always hated lawyers’ jokes. J I have been the butt of lawyer jokes since the day I began law school. Some smartass has always found it funny to tell me a joke about lawyers that diminishes the profession and assumes all lawyers are crooks, heartless, or just plain corrupt and soul-less. To my […]

Babies, Billables, and Bad Hair Days: The dreams of our lives

If you have read this column before, you probably know the “Momyers.” I call myself a “mom-yer” because in addition to my fulltime job as a mom, I also work as a lawyer. As I wrote last time, there are moms who are teachers (“Mom-her”); mothers who are managers (“Mom-ger”) and the list goes on. […]