When my growing girls flip flopped between the comfort of playing with dolls and then reaching out to try on lipstick, my view was compassionate amusement. Now I am the one flip flopping and I am not feeling particularly compassionate, or amused! Today I am flat out blue. One of those girls is leaving home to start a life in Washington, DC. She is determined, lovely, eloquent and brave enough to have made...

After rolling my eyes and playing dead over all of the twitter hoopla, I am now a mesmerized fan. Yes, I shifted my stubborn stance and changed my mind…….whew Six months ago I said to Sandy Jones-Kaminski, the Miss Manners of networking and early Twitter fan, “I mentioned Twitter to my kids and they asked, What is that?” Now my recent college graduate tweets every day….all day!...