As many women know, being a wife, mother and well, a woman, means you often must lead a life of compromise.   This column I wrote in August seemed to resonate with many women who, like me, had to make--and continue to make--a choice between pursuin [...]

Posted by Diana Keough • 35 days ago • 1 Comment(s)

Last week, during the process of doing a “hard reset” on my cell phone, I was asked to answer the following security question by the customer service rep:  What’s my favorite food?  For the life of me, I couldn’t remember what I had giv [...]

Posted by Diana Keough • 49 days ago • View comments

It wasn’t your usual family gathering.  My mom had summoned all six of her children home at Christmas so she could go from room to room, assigning each of us her possessions.    She was dying of a terminal illness, already a year into [...]

Posted by Diana Keough • 50 days ago • View comments

I met a guy named Neil a couple weeks back.  He decorates people’s homes for the holidays and will do anything you want, create any theme—Victorian, Modern, Neo-classic.  For a price, he will create any image you’d like. He’ll bring in [...]

Posted by Diana Keough • 56 days ago • 1 Comment(s)

In my family, Thanksgiving is not only a time for reflection but also a time for forgiveness.   It hasn’t always been that way.   Before my mom died, she made my five siblings and me promise we’d get together for Thanksgiving after she was [...]

Posted by Diana Keough • 78 days ago • View comments