July - 2016

Blogs on marketing websites

are supposed to be about marketing.

Mine are not, with a few exceptions, and those are only because upon moving to Israel, I cultivated a habit of attending marketing conferences.

Because they were in English and I needed friends.

And sometimes, speakers inspire me, so then I write about the experience. But mostly, the blog is about an immigrant wrestling through an attempt to grow up.

In her 40s.

Faking?

Last week, it happened once. And then yesterday, twice more. So I really had no choice but to contemplate this situation: Someone asks me politely how I'm doing. Since I can't subscribe to the predominant, appropriate response right now and answer, "Great! How are you?" and in an effort to remain genuine, I retort, "I'm in baby hell." And each interaction has gone like this: "Really? You look so happy on Facebook. I guess that's fake?" Is it fake? Am I a faker? Have I become