Archive for January, 2016

Fostering Resilience by Maureen Eich VanWalleghan


I am so happy to be in a new year. My birthday was at the end of December and I always appreciate new beginnings. With a December birthday there is nothing that compares to the birthday wishes on Facebook. All the wishes remind me of blowing a dandelion. I feel ...

Fostering Resilience


I am so happy to be in a new year. My birthday was at the end of December and I always appreciate new beginnings. With a December birthday there is nothing that compares to the birthday wishes on Facebook. All the wishes remind me of blowing a dandelion. I feel ...

Mom Theatre Blogger: KING CHARLES III: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman


[caption id="attachment_22435" align="alignleft" width="200"] Photo by Joan Marcus[/caption] Who knew that the photogenic young married set of Royals could be so scheming and plotting that despite their do-good, well-crafted, public persona and seemingly serene demeanor, they could shrewdly plot to de-throne their own father and father-in-law who has waited a lifetime ...

MOM THEATRE BLOGGER: KINKY BOOTS: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman


[caption id="attachment_22486" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo credit: Joan Marcus[/caption] It takes a special Broadway show for me to want to see it more than once, and Kinky Boots fills those shoes, or I should say those razzle dazzle boots. Once there is a change in the cast, I find myself inevitably comparing, and ...

JACK HANNA’S INTO THE WILD LIVE! Ticket Giveaway – from MotherhoodLater.com


JACK HANNA’S INTO THE WILD LIVE! Presented by Nationwide Sunday, February 28th, 3pm, NYCB Theatre at Westbury America’s most beloved animal expert, Jack Hanna, brings his three-time Emmy Award winning television series to the live stage with Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild Live! In this awe-inspiring event, Jungle Jack will introduce you to ...

CESAR MILLAN LIVE! THE DOG WHISPERER – TICKET GIVEAWAY – from MotherhoodLater.com


[caption id="attachment_22473" align="alignleft" width="225"] Cesar Millan. (Photo credit: National Geographic Channels / Evelyn Hockstein)[/caption] CESAR MILLAN LIVE! Sunday, January 31st, 3pm, NYCB Theatre at Westbury Cesar Millan, star of the hit series “Cesar 911” on Nat Geo WILD and original host of the long-running “Dog Whisperer” series will reveal the secrets of happier, ...

Accolades and Lofty Credentials by Pamela Francis


If you know anything about the planets then you may be familiar with a little phenomenon called mercury retrograde which we are currently in the throes of and which serves to have us all revisit unfinished business. The unfinished business I am revisiting started last summer when my sons and ...

It’s Not About the Decorating by Sharon O’Donnell


This was a very hectic time this year right before the holidays with some family sicknesses, the death of a family friend, the birth of a great niece, and some traveling. My youngest son was also wrapping up his first semester of high school, a very demanding feat. Before I ...

Meet Later Mom: Shelley Ross


NAME: Shelley Ross RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Married RESIDENCE: New Canaan, CT and NYC, NY CHILDREN: Benjamin Simone 35; Kimberley Simone 33 Shelley Ross is an author, producer, network news executive producer (ABC Good Morning America, PrimeTime Live, CBS The Early Show). Entertainment producer/director of concert specials. Media consultant. President of The Cure ...