by Valerie Gordon | Feb 22, 2022 | Keepin' It Real...
I have a confession to make. I’ve been wallowing. Such an interesting verb, isn’t it? To wallow. I wallow. He/she/it wallows. We wallow. To wallow is to indulge in something (ie. wallowing in luxury). Who wouldn’t want to do that? But what if...
by Valerie Gordon | Sep 21, 2021 | Humor, Keepin' It Real...
My husband was struggling to insert his contact lens. He kept popping it out and trying to put it back in, grumbling about an invisible speck of dust that was making it sit uncomfortably in his eye. And I wanted to offer assistance. “Do you need some….” I...
by Valerie Gordon | Mar 12, 2021 | Keepin' It Real..., Storytelling
(This guest post is written by Tanisha Gupta, Commander-in-She winter 2020-2021 intern) Throughout my childhood, I was enthralled by Disney Princesses. Cinderella, Ariel, oh and of course, Jasmine, because she was Indian and “looked like me.” Whether it be my mom...
by Valerie Gordon | Jan 29, 2021 | Commander-In-She, Goals, Humor, Keepin' It Real...
Mary Ellen is my super friend. Supermom to two great boys, super VP of international finance, supersize that burger and fries we share when we get together. (Who am I trying to fool? We each order our own, clearly…) Mary Ellen is also super modest. She...
by Valerie Gordon | Sep 15, 2020 | Career, Keepin' It Real...
Puppies are cute. Babies are cute. The way my husband once tried to trick me by insisting the vanilla side of a black & white cookie was the best part just so I’d let him eat all of the chocolate, was sort of cute. But being called “cute” in a...
by Valerie Gordon | Sep 4, 2020 | Keepin' It Real..., Storytelling
(This article is provided by guest writer and Commander-in-She summer intern Ellie Powers). If anyone had asked me earlier this year what I thought Senior year would look like, I’d probably have given some vague response like, “Oh, I don’t know, hopefully good,” when...
