Debra Engelmayer on The Next Food Network Star
Category: Family
The newspaper headlines send shivers down the backs of everyday Americans hoping for a break from this wicked economy. Not bad enough that unemployment is still high, that home prices are rising, and that good people still cannot break out of their slumps and meet the challenges for themselves and their families living basic lives. […]
My history of automobiles.
1972 Ford LTD
1980 Buick Skylark
1976 Lincoln Mark IV
1972 MGB Roadster
1980 Dodge Challenger
1987 Ford Taurus MT-5
1990 Ford SHO
1987 Jeep Grand Wagoneer
1974 Mercedes 240
1998 Ford Expedition
2002 Ford Expedition
2005 Honda Pilot
2007 Saturn Outlook
2010 Lincoln MKT – Current
2000 Moto Guzzi Jackal
2003 Moto Guzzi Bassa
2003 Triumph Trophy
2007 Moto Guzzi Norge
2012 Moto Guzzi Stelvio NTX
2012 Ford Taurus SHO – Current
1996 Mercury Sable GS – Kids Car, Current
Getting up at two in the morning to head to work is never fun, of that I am certain. Yet, this morning in Bakersfield, California, could not have been more fun, more interesting or even more meaningful. We flew in late from Georgia, and landed at about six thirty Pacific time, having first worked all […]
In synagogue today, my rabbi took the occasion of his weekly sermon to talk about the weekly Torah portion of Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:23). While all of the Ten Commandments were indeed discussed, he paid close attention to the part about honoring ones parents. Very poignantly, I recall, he said that it is a commandment that […]
Traveling for my new job has become somewhat of a routine – for me. Out three to four days, home the rest. That takes a toll. While not little anymore, the kids need dinner, help with their homework and, even though they get wrapped up on their phones, text messaging their friends, and multitasking on […]
I was sitting at a service tonight listening to a dear friend Linda talk passionately about the importance of tough love for our children. Listening to her personal story of her own kids, her nephew, and how raising them to be the decent men they are today wasn’t always an easy trip, I reflected on […]