With apologies to James Bond, I figured this bit of headline word play might make it easier to identify the current issue of BestLife you’ll be looking for — with Pierce Bosnan on the cover. [1-2] “Time of Your Life” is the page-turner inside. Oh, sure, nothing tops off a day at work like a spirited chase on hovercrafts through your local demilitarized zone. And we know from For Better or For Worse that “work” is one of the seven “protective factors” than can buffer us against negative outcomes after divorce. [3-4] One of seven. However, I think the Men’s… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2004
Thus goes the succinct wisdom of Tom Arnold, playing the role of secret agent “Gib” in the 1994 Schwarzenegger blockbuster, True Lies. [1] “Do you dance, Ms. Skinner?” [2] But the “in”-“sanity” that’s really moving me here came some 31 years earlier. The first chapter in Mr. Arnold’s autobiography is titled, “Daddy, Did You Ever Have a Real Mommy?” Riveting pages describe his parents’ divorce. He was four years old. [3] It’s not a story for the faint of heart. Then again, divorce stories never are. And don’t let your guard down if you make it through this first “gut-wrenching”… Continue Reading…