by Theresa Reed | Sep 14, 2013 | The Hit List, Uncategorized
You can’t do that. Nice girls don’t lose their temper. What will people think? Who do you think you are? That will never work. Who will pay for that? Ever hear one of those statements? I have. Doubters and wet blankets can wield tremendous power. In some cases,...
by Theresa Reed | Aug 31, 2013 | The Hit List
When my children were still children, I was the killjoy mom who embarrassed them and ruined their fun with my intuitive brand of parenting. I would nix friendships or events based on “bad vibes”. Never mind that they would eventually begrudgingly admit I was...
by Theresa Reed | Aug 24, 2013 | The Hit List
I am a sucker for a kid at a lemonade stand. Even though the lemonade is always subpar, I don’t know what it is (maybe the young entrepreneurship) but put a stand on my path and I’m all over it. So when I saw the sweet little girl sitting at her stand on Monday...
by Theresa Reed | Aug 10, 2013 | The Hit List
When I was a little girl, my bedroom walls were covered with pictures of big eyed moppets in Harlequin outfits. The girls in the prints were far from cutesy. In fact, they seemed somber and world weary. Their postures were stiff and their faces haunted and...