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Surprise! I Saved That Email

Thank you to Yahoo! Mail for sponsoring this post about staying connected. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do.

A baby Zuzu at the Law Quad where her parents began their clandestine romance.

When you write someone a pen-and-paper letter — which is an increasingly [...]

Can You Affair-Proof Your Marriage?

In honor of my ninth wedding anniversary later this week, I’m writing about divorce and infidelity.

My husband and I will celebrate our ninth wedding anniversary this week.

Not to worry, no one in my house is getting divorced or having my affair. To the contrary, I rather like my husband. We are united against our common enemy, namely [...]

Staying Connected through Email

Thank you to Yahoo! Mail for sponsoring this post about staying connected. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do.

When I studied abroad in Paris in 1994, I had to write letters home.

Technology and the internet have changed our lives so dramatically in [...]

Hitting Close to Home

Today’s post is part of the From Left to Write online book club. The idea of this book club is not to write a book review, per se, but rather to write a post in which the blogger connects that month’s book to an experience from his or her own life. One of the book club books for May is Good [...]

An Ultra Date Night

Dinner at Carnivale: breaking out of my suburban rut

One of my three New Year’s resolutions was to have a monthly date night with my husband. When you have small children and busy schedules and limited funds, it is so easy to find yourself sitting in front of a DVD — or more likely in [...]

Paying For It: Currency in Marriage

A column about what happens after the wedding is paid for.

This article was first published earlier today as Paying For It: Currency in Marriage on Technorati. You may notice that it has a slightly different tone than a typical West of the Loop post.

The Wall Street Journal weekend edition launched a new column last Sunday, [...]

Father Knows Best

I love being home with these kids. Really.

When I started this blog, almost a year ago, my intent was to write about the subject that weighed most heavily on my mind at that time — the same subject that weighs heavily on me to this day: my decision to step away from my legal [...]

Not Valentine's Day

The key to a man's heart maybe lean, juicy flank steak.

Yesterday was Valentine’s Day and everyone was talking, in real life and on the Internet, about their plans: whether it was reservations at a fancy restaurant or a romantic meal at home, or even just another chaotic family dinner. (Some of you may remember my guest post [...]