Devorah Blachor
When I was pregnant with my second child, my husband and I told our 3-year-old son, Cai, that he could name the baby. This would help him feel like an important family member before his universe collapsed. “O.K.,” Cai said. “Her name is Mary.” No, it’s not, I thought. I wasn’t worried. I knew that […]
Don’t compare yourself to others. Let go of striving and accept the world as it is, not as you’d like it to be. Practice humility and gratitude. Forty-three years, and this is the Buddhist wisdom I’ve learned to embrace, the foundation on which my inner peace rests. Until I got my son’s first report card. […]
FARBISSEN: MELISSA MORRIS AND THE MEANING OF MONEY Melissa Morris is a thirty-something single New Yorker who works in fashion. She has it all, until she fails spectacularly. She’s banished from the fashion industry and has to start all over again. Set adrift, Melissa follows her boyfriend to London. She’s hoping for a second chance. […]