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 17, 2013 | The Hit List
At least once a day, I offend someone. It’s usually not on purpose (well, sometimes it IS). Sometimes I am too silly (“You should be more serious.”). In business, I can be too serious (“Geez, lighten up – who do you think you are, Martha Stewart?”). My...
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...
by Theresa Reed | Jul 13, 2013 | The Hit List
I am a whiner when it comes to summer. For one, I hate sweating. In fact, next to getting my picture taken, there is probably nothing I loathe more. It’s been icky sticky humid and I’ve been miserable as can be….and already counting down the days until the...