My Child, My Home, My Country: Ten Years Later, A Marine Mom Speaks
It was exactly ten years ago today when the phone call came.
Like most of America that morning, I was sitting in front of my television, transfixed and horrified by the images playing out on the screen.
I could barely tear my eyes away from the smoke rising in the blue skies of New York City as I took the call from my son, Ryan.
A 20-year-old Marine corporal based on Hawaii, he had been roused from his barracks before dawn as the news of the attack spread. He wanted me to know he'd been called in for duty, and did not know when he'd be able to contact family again. More »
Cost Of Chaos: Get Organized, Save Money
From time to time, I encounter a skeptical interviewer--a media person or freelance writer who is, shall we say, a bit antithetical to the idea of being organized. Maybe they're free spirits, or they have so much innate organizing ability that the message seems like overkill, but they tend to ask the same question:
"Getting organized saves money? How is that?"
With organizing product sales taking off like an Apollo rocket, it's an easy-to-understand point of view. "Getting organized costs money--you have to buy all those bins and baskets and closet inserts, don't you?" they ask. More »
