Tax time is hard upon us. If you haven’t yet filed you’re not alone. Tax laws have become more complicated and in a tight economy, you don’t want to make mistakes. For those who are struggling with complicated forms and unclear about what can be deducted and what can’t, free tax help is available. That’s right, […]
UPDATED August 1st, 2016 When we’re young, Peter Pan is our ideal boyfriend. He’s fun, playful and courageous, and he’s not afraid to take flight and pursue adventure. Then we grow up, and Peter Pan becomes the childish man-boy who can’t hold down a job and is never around if the surf’s up or there’s […]
There’s no need to hire a travel agent or spend hours on the internet planning your family vacation. Just as internet sites make travel planning easy, your smartphone allows you to make reservations, read reviews and find points of interest without a keyboard in sight. Read Related: Can’t Get Enough Mamiverse? Relax, Our Mobile App […]
I love the holidays. I love hosting parties for family and friends. I love going to parties. I like baking and cooking and bringing dishes to friend’s gatherings and chowing down while we watch football playoff games. But all this social activity comes with a price. Like snow building up on the roof, winter weight […]
Danny Thomas was a struggling comic in Detroit with a young wife and family. As he worked to make a name for himself, he visited a local church and prayed for guidance. “Help me find my way in life,” he promised St. Jude Thaddeus, “and I will build you a shrine.” His career took a […]
They’re called second acts, encore careers or reinventing yourself—they’re the completely new and different jobs people take in midlife or later. In recent years, making that jump was often a byproduct economic recession; professionals caught up in corporate layoffs discovered they were too old to find jobs in a poor market and too young to […]
Dear Jen: I love you. I have loved you since I first found out you were there. I loved you when I barfed every morning before breakfast. I loved you when you kept me up all night. I loved you when you took those first tentative steps away, the school bus, the sleepovers.