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"I felt helpless. Until early December, when I got the Idea.
Which was that Rainbow would make
the Amazing Christmas Comeback..”- New York Times -
"I grew up thinking that manners were the only thing
separating us from full-scale anarchy, and to this day, I believe that thank-you notes
make the world go round. But I don't want people touching my kid."- Jezebel -
"I'm stress-smiling in a dumb big red hat,
trying to make it seem as if we are just
one big normal family.”- New York Times -
“The day started a long, long time ago, but Daryl Hannah’s got
that laid-back, just-woke-up vibe — occasionally stumbling for a
word, inserting a slow, easy laugh here and there.
And who can blame her?”– Grist -
“When a very young Lisa Bloom noticed the drugstore had an aisle
for “Girls’ Toys” (dolls, toy vacuum cleaners and dress-up clothes) and
“Boys’ Toys” (guns, cars and money) she urged her mother, prominent
feminist attorney Gloria Allred, to sue.”– mom.me -
“The 43-year-old pastor, with Hollywood good looks and a scorching
intellect, challenges his flock with the help of a world-class choir.
‘Life is about relationships. It begins with the relationship with God,
but it’s about relationships,’ he says.
‘We live for people, we live for each other.’”– Sunset -
“My euphoria sank to somewhere under my spleen. Did Peg think we
just took the baby out to the park and did some kind of ceremony
with a candle and called it good? Or did she think this was some
kind of black-market, back-alley deal?”– mom.me -
“I traded chartreuse silk pumps for black leather Timberlands and
figured out how to yield that satisfying crack-and-split
from firewood rounds.”– Grist -
"Temporarily going their separate ways, Gene became involved with Bongo,
a successful multimillion denim brand. Eventually Barry joined him in California and by 1989 they’d launched Lucky Brand Jeans on their own.
Today, the ubiquitous denims adorn derrieres worldwide."– Cedars-Sinai Catalyst -
"I think of the forced hugs with people I barely knew who came to my parents' door.
The wrong smells. The awkward seconds until it was over.
Being pushed into things I didn't want and I didn't realize were optional."– Jezebel
Vanessa McGrady is an award-winning journalist, social media strategist and communications professional. But wait, there’s more! She’s also been a playwright, actor, producer and voice-over artist. She can sing “Home on the Range” in Yiddish, which is apropos of nothing.
She is the author of Rock Needs River, a memoir.