A Very Unusual Day
Posted by: Sabrina Wind on May 16th, 2013For my job, I go to many unusual places. But this was the most unusual I had been in. On this day, we were in a strip club. Read More
Producing Past Cancer
Posted by: Jessica Cribbs on April 18th, 2013My mother always forbade me to cut off my breasts. It was something we went back and forth on frequently. I saw what the breast cancer had done to her the first and second time and what she had went through in her mastectomy, so I told her that if the opportunity came, I’d have them removed. My mother would literally raise her finger to me, snarl and order me not to do it, simply for the sake of doing it.
I never promised her I wouldn’t. Read More
I have been too stunned to write much this weekend. The Newtown tragedy consumes my thoughts. I read the names of the victims, most of them six and seven year olds, and I can’t seem to continue with my day, or it seems indecent to do so. I have been Read More
She said, “You are a failure.”
And I think – why would you say that to me? I am a mom who is an executive producer on tv shows, owns my own home, takes care of my family and in my spare time has taken to doing marathons and triathlons.
But she continued, “You are overweight which makes you a bad example for your child. You never stick to a diet. You never stick to your workout routine. You lack consistency in anything you do. If you just used a little willpower, you’d actually succeed.”
I think but don’t say: Sure I could lose 20 pounds, but I think I look okay. And I wish I could stick to Read More
