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Debra Rich Gettleman

Coyote smorgasbord

Posted on: September 1, 2012 by Debra Rich Gettleman No Comments

Have you ever done something so completely idiotic that you even surprise yourself by your total lack of judgement? Well, welcome to yesterday morning. As is often the case, I walked my 8 year old son, Eli, to the bus stop about two blocks from our house. I also chose to take our two dogs, [...]

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Yes, chef!

Posted on: June 16, 2012 by Debra Rich Gettleman No Comments

I’ve hired a a personal chef. I know, money is tight. Times are tough. We’ve got a Bar Mitzvah coming in a little over a year. But, cooking’s never been my thing. My husband, Mark, loves to cook. He’s a great chef too. So I never bothered to force myself into culinary-improvement mode. But with [...]

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Stressed-out summer

Posted on: June 7, 2012 by Debra Rich Gettleman No Comments

I just read a blog about summer camp for at-risk youth and realized that it meant mine. Because as of today, their third full day of summer vacation, they are at risk of being throttled, pummeled and bound and gagged by none other than their delirious mother, who is truly at the proverbial end of her [...]

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Vacation? I think not!

Posted on: May 26, 2012 by Debra Rich Gettleman No Comments

We’re going on vacation! No, let me clarify that. We are going on a family trip. They are two completely different animals. When I think of vacation, I think of me lying face down on a massage table in the middle of some exotic rain forest, sipping a strategically perched piña colada out of a [...]

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TAXing times!

Posted on: March 23, 2012 by Debra Rich Gettleman 2 Comments

Even I was a little bit shocked when I saw Levi’s paycheck on Sunday. His $10.50 gross income had come to little more than $4.00 after my husband subtracted Fica, State income tax, Social Security and insurance. Levi was crest-fallen…

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T.M.I.?

Posted on: March 10, 2012 by Debra Rich Gettleman No Comments

I’m not trying to fool him or anyone into believing that I’m some sort of maternal caricature who makes perfect chocolate chip cookies, knows exactly what to do at every parenting juncture, and never loses her temper during a tot’s temperamental tantrum. That’s just not who I am. He obviously knows that from real life observation, why futilely attempt to snow him into believing otherwise?

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Chiropractic Care…well, sort of

Posted on: March 2, 2012 by Debra Rich Gettleman 1 Comment

Okay, so I broke down and went to a Chiropractor. Now I’ve been to Chiropractors before. In fact, I believe they do good work and can heal certain muscular, joint and alignment issues. But after my husband’s constant barrage of scientific studies citing all kinds of devastating chiropractic mishaps, I’d pretty much sworn off them [...]

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Brace yourself!

Posted on: February 24, 2012 by Debra Rich Gettleman No Comments

I tried to act calm. Eli seemed to be rolling unflappably with the unexpected event. Meanwhile I started texting everyone I knew with my pithy, yet painful observations about time’s fleeting passage.

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Confirmation craze

Posted on: February 17, 2012 by Debra Rich Gettleman 1 Comment

I know times are tough. I know Doctors have been given the shaft. They’re getting squeezed by the government. They’re getting paid less and less by insurance companies. Patients are suing them over mis-diagnosed hang nails. It’s not easy. Believe me, with a husband in the biz, I see the problems within the healthcare industry [...]

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Happy New Year?

Posted on: February 10, 2012 by Debra Rich Gettleman 1 Comment

This week, most Jewish people ignored the minor holiday of Tu B’Shvat. Unlike the biggies, like Rosh Hashana, Chanukah and Passover, Tu B’Shvat has always occupied a spot on the sidelines, kind of a red-headed step-child kind of holiday.

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Debra Rich Gettleman

About Debra Rich Gettleman

Debra Rich Gettleman is a Scottsdale actor and writer. She is the mother of two sons, Levi and Eli. Read more at Unmotherly Insights.

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