Catherine Gigante-Brown

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The office cubicle is indeed a strange bird. Here's how to survive life in a box without driving you—or your office mates—crazy.

At first, I felt like an abandoned ten-year-old, dropped off at a remote summer camp—with the extra added attraction of no cell phone reception or Wi-Fi. I thought the hardest part of the weekend was going to be picking out a robe. Boy, was I wrong!

8. Educate, don’t fixate.

I realized my father was from a generation that never said those three little words. He was saying he loved me without them. But I didn't realize it then.

erotic. intimate. unapologetic.

"Remember, this isn’t just happening to you, it’s happening to moms everywhere. It’s not your fault — "

You realize pretty soon that everything other than cancer — i.e. missing a train, being late to your dentist appointment — is no biggie compared to the suck factor of chemo.

A midtown Manhattan studio was recently the site of liberation-both on and offscreen-when Shenshean

Were you going to run into that cute guy John Williams on the way home? Would you see Anne Marie by the lockers and sort out what to do for the weekend? It was hit-or-miss, and that was the beauty of it. The breath-holding chance of it all. Now, our kids’ friends are as close as a keyboard stroke away. It’s too easy.