Mirror mirror on the wall…

When I was in elementary school, there were girls in my class that used “adult” face wash, toners, and creams. These girls had the softest skin I’d ever touched, but when we all got to high school, those same girls had the worst skin problems. I know that a lot of our skin type has [...]

I should have been named Batman

I recently read an article that said research suggests that one in five parents regrets their kid’s name. Although I think it’s interesting to find out if parents regret what they named their kids, I think a more interesting study would be to find out how we (now adults) have embraced the names we were [...]

A good friend is a true blessing

My only criteria for my friends as a kid was that the people I hung out with had to like the same things I did — riding bikes, jumping off the monkey bars, playing with Barbies (yes, I played with Barbies AND my WWF figurines) making forts out of sofa cushions in the basement, etc. [...]