A Life of Service: For Love, Money or Both?

What is Happening to Our Education System?
Written by Tabby Biddle Most of you have probably heard about the dire straits public schools in California face, but maybe like me, until you see some numbers comparing school budgets between last year and this year, it doesn’t fully hit home. A friend of mine who teaches in a Los Angeles public school sent me an email the other day inviting me to a fundraising event he and h

Women & Venture Capital – Is it a Rite of Passage Into Our Power?
Written by Tabby Biddle Every day we hear about incredible improvements in the financial status of women. More and more women are the primary breadwinner in their household (almost 40%). Women-owned businesses are growing at twice the rate of all U.S. companies. A new survey by GfK Roper for NBC Universal stated that 65% of the women reported being their family’s chief financial planner, and 71% called themselves the family accountant. The numbers look good. In fact, better than good. Women today control

Healthy Aggression in Girls
Written by Tabby Biddle My third grade teacher, Mrs. Gray, called my mom at home one day to tell her that she was worried about me playing soccer all of the time with the boys at recess. “She’s the only girl and I’m afraid it’s too rough for her. She might get hurt,” she said. Thankfully my mom just reported this call to me, but made no judgment or set any rules that forbade me from continuing my recess behavior. The next day, I was back out on the soccer field.

David Letterman
Written by Tabby Biddle I’m a Dave Letterman fan. My husband and I TiVo his show and watch it a few nights a week. I happened to be watching last Thursday night when

The Ambiguity in Women’s Lives
A good friend revealed to me recently that when she first got married, she found herself doing all sorts of “Little Miss Homemaker things.” She was ironing her husband’s shirts, making him lunch, and waiting for him to come home at the end of the day. “I have never ironed in my life!” she said. “I don’t know what came over me.” This was a woman who had been on her own for 15 years, was successful in her career, and was what most would call an “independent woman.” Something shifted though when she got married. She began to lose her sense of independence and started to crave being protected and cared for by her husband. She started losing focus on her