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Why my Bombeck badge matters

Why my Bombeck badge matters

by Lisa Marlin | Jan 22, 2016 | Blog, Parenting, Writing

This badge arrived attached to an email announcing that one of my essays now lives on the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop website.

The crying, the gift and the wardrobe

by Lisa Marlin | Jan 14, 2016 | Blog, Parenting

As she outgrew the costumes, she handed those down to her younger sister – the costumes, mind you, not the wardrobe. That would always and forever be hers. So was the dream.

Dancing with words

Dancing with words

by Lisa Marlin | Dec 31, 2015 | Blog, Writing

I go to refill my coffee and see the clock advance, its hands beckoning me to dance.

The goodness of a teeny tiny beating heart

The goodness of a teeny tiny beating heart

by Lisa Marlin | Nov 21, 2015 | Blog, Parenting

This teeny tiny heart beats and I am pleased beyond measure with this treasure…

My pledge to start smoking

by Lisa Marlin | Nov 19, 2015 | Blog, Middle Age

…should I stick to my uniquely crafted Great American Smokeout pledge, there is no doubt that soon I will be smoking…

Coming Full Circle in the Square

Coming Full Circle in the Square

by Lisa Marlin | Aug 11, 2015 | Blog, Middle Age, Parenting

…when the day came to kiss his little forehead and gaze into his trusting hazel eyes one last time before planes, trains and old technology separated us, I almost changed my mind.

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