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Francesca Biller-Safran is an award-winning journalist and humorist who writes investigative articles, features, editorials and essays for newspapers, magazines, websites, literary journals and public radio.

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Society & Lifestyle > Society & Lifestyle (Other) Investigating the meaning of a mid-life crisis: 1 of 22
If there were ever a time for a woman to feel truly empowered during mid-life, now would be a pretty good one. In the past, women have not been afforded either the time or luxury to lament dreams unfulfilled, but today women are not only entertaining their own fantasies but succeeding in just about anything they desire- sugge... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Childhood: 3 of 44
Time has an odd and interesting way of standing still when you are a child. For hours and days I spent my youth drawing and sketching alongside my father, unaware that months and years had passed until they were already gone.Strolling into the house after school, I looked forward to the sound of the tap-tap tapping of his pai... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Are our children being over-medicated: 1 of 7
I can't remember when it became the norm that pharmaceutical companies became prime time drug pushers, but here we are, a lot of us doped up and for no good reason except to help drug companies become more profitable than Coca Cola. It's working too. Gone are the days watching advertisements that simply urged us to buy the la... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Styles (Other) Being a happy parent is part of good parenting: 2 of 12
While there is no greater joy in the world than having a happy, contented child; the same can be said for children in having a happy, blissful parent.We can lavish all the money, entertainment and love in the world on our babies, but if we are miserable and not able to feel joy ourselves, than our children suffer more than an... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Fear: 10 of 44
Woody Allen, worshipped by some and hated by others for fearing everything but doing them anyway, said, "You can live to be a hundred and give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred."On the other hand, he also commented, "I'm astounded by people who want to know the universe when it's hard enough to find... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Making your own choices: 6 of 21
Accidents, schmaccidents! If anyone should be crowned Ms. Reigning queen of tripping on her own feet, even if at times just for comedy's sake, I'm your girl.But what isn't so funny is the following line I continually heard as a child, "There is no such things as an accident as long as you are just careful enough."This was tol... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Stories passed from parents to children: 6 of 15
Looking back, I can remember stories my parents told me about how they walked three miles a day to school in the snow, even though they are from Hawaii and Southern California, and how lucky I was to have it so much easier than they did. Only now that I am a parent myself can I truly appreciate how fortunate I am to have had ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Justice System Reflections: Frivolous lawsuits in America: 12 of 24
If our courts allow a judge to sue for millions of dollars because the cleaners lost his pants, I think that in protest we all should walk around in public without wearing any pants on at all.Imagine the entire nation marching in sync completely pant-less demanding that our American justice system at least demonstrate more de... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Being a positive parent: 3 of 6
Even though parenting is the toughest job in the world, I still would not trade it for all of the alone time I could imagine. That is unless you would have asked me last week when I fantasized about selling my children to anyone promising to provide them a decent home, as long as I had visitation rights, of course. Just a jok... More..
Health & Fitness > Emotional Health & Wellbeing Has perfectionism gone too far?: 1 of 1
It seems like just yesterday when being a "good enough" domestic goddess simply required some old fashioned elbow grease and trying out a new recipe once in awhile. But somewhere along the way, everything simple for women trying to make a nice home turned into everything complicated and even impossible to achieve.The best sel... More..