Bootstraps
Sharon Ross is a writer, college instructor and single-parent of a fourth-grader. She learned how to pull herself up by the bootstraps at a young age after her brothers blew up her cookie monster bank as part of an elaborate plot for their 8mm home movies. She soon learned how to join in on the fun by writing her own stories.
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Valentine wishes for singles
Feb 9, 2009 11:29 PM
There's nothing like Valentine's Day to bring out the sting of being single. Every ad in the newspaper, all those... more
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Is V-Day father-daughter dance outdated?
Jan 31, 2009 11:55 AM
"Mom, will D. be back before the father-daughter dance?" C.C. asked last week when she got a flyer in ... more
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Rollerskating mama
Jan 7, 2009 06:47 PM
She made all the moves I've dreamed of making when I was a teen watching the roller skaters glide in... more
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Be the change: You're not done voting
Jan 3, 2009 10:49 AM
"Forgive students loans, stimulate the middle and working class."
"Make AmeriCorps a Branch of Service"
"ReBuild and RePower America with ... more
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Absent fathers and the hope of Obama
Dec 29, 2008 09:33 PM
“Fatherhood doesn’t end at conception,” says Barak Obama. It’s a quote I read in a children’s biography ... more
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Smart marketers at Hannaford
Dec 19, 2008 12:24 PM
After rent, the priciest item on my budget is food. I struggle with this because I'm not that gifted in... more
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Who needs toys when you’ve got potatoes
Dec 13, 2008 04:39 PM
My daughter has been mothering inanimate objects for years. It’s an obsession that won’t quit. And though she ... more
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Free vacation... only if you're married
Dec 5, 2008 11:53 AM
The joyful birthday greeting arrived in the mail earlier this week in a festive pre-printed envelope. It was covered with... more
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If at first you don’t succeed
Nov 22, 2008 10:30 PM
For a year, she talked about it. “I think I’ll play the saxophone. No, the drums. No, the clarinet.”
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Good cop, bad cop
Nov 8, 2008 10:37 PM
My daughter humbles me. She lets me know I can’t be all things to her. Try as I may, ... more
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Forget Neiman, this wardrobe by Goodwill
Nov 1, 2008 09:42 PM
I'm not one to toss around designer names or drop a $100 on a new purse by Prada, but when... more
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The boy in the woods & the magic of finishing
Oct 24, 2008 10:28 PM
The only way my daughter was going to run in her last cross-country meet of the season was if I... more
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