For years, I thought my eyes were brown.
Uninspiring, dull, uninteresting brown.
I have NO idea what possessed me to look DEEEEP into the mirror one day in a brightly lit bathroom. Perhaps it was to keep from poking myself in the eyeball while applying makeup. Or just because I couldn’t see unless I was closeclosecloseup.
What I saw there was a revelation.
My eyes weren’t brown. THEY WERE GREEN!
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This month contains a difficult time for those of us of the Jewish persuasion — of which I count myself a member.
It’s Passover — truly a lovely holiday that is all about the celebration of freedom from slavery. This year, it starts at sundown on March 29 — and continues for eight fun-filled days.
I love this holiday. I love the traditions. I love the two nights of seder dinners with their...
There are very few things about growing old(er) that can be counted as cool and groovy. Like the senior special at IHOP, which for anyone over 55 (me!), you buy one entree and two drinks and you get another entree for FREE!!!!
Mostly, though, the aging process sucks rocks. Big giant boulders, in fact.
Including the parts where, although menopause has brought me the cessation of that monthly visit from Aunt Flo, that...
There are old people, and then there are people who happen to be old.
Put my mom in the second category.
She actually celebrated her 80th birthday a couple weeks ago, breaking all records for longevity in her family.
She has four children and 10 grandchildren, volunteers at a local breast center, is a breast cancer survivor herself and has been married to my dad for 60 years.
Aaaaaaand …
She...
I will admit, I don’t really wear makeup.
A little mascara so you can actually see my eyelashes and some coverup on the under-eye circles, and I’m pretty much good to go.
But when it came to taking a closer look at Yes to Carrots‘ line of lip glosses, I knew I had the perfect test case.
Meet my daughter, the Roo-girl, aged 15, and as girlie a girlie-girl as you’ll ever see. She does not leave...
