Wendy's Words

That New Age Feeling

You don’t act like you’re 60. This is what a friend recently said to me. Now she has been elevated to BFF status. I accepted the...

The White Lotus Sheds a Petal

If you subscribe to HBO, you may be familiar with The White Lotus, a satirical series set in an idyllic luxury resort chain. The first...

Keep This Attorney Out of Court

Plan Properly to Avoid Guardianship Here’s a riddle I asked during a virtual networking meeting last week: I recently went to a place...

Leaving a Lasting Legacy

This is not about what you think. It’s not about passing wealth to the next generation. The alarm bells have been sounding. Indeed, many...

Thirty-Five Years

I have been receiving e-mails from a legal publisher offering a plaque commemorating my admission to the bar 35 years ago. Why would I...

THE SOCIAL WORKER IS IN: THE IMPORTANCE OF PROCESSING FEELINGS

I’ve recently been feeling like a cast member on Billions, the Showtime® series about a cut-throat hedge fund. It’s not because I’m a...

BETTER THAN DRINKING ALONE

I had just settled in last Sunday for the evening when I heard the distinct ding of a text message. It was from my daughter, Alex, who...

GIFTING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX

Tis the season for thinking of what’s in the box. I attended a fundraiser at Tiffany’s over the weekend, admiring the robin’s egg blue...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: A DECADE TO REMEMBER

I’ll give it six months. That was the comment made to my husband when I opened my own practice. It was a verbal defense mechanism uttered...

WHEN THE ATTORNEY BECOMES THE CLIENT

It happened. I got the call. It was from my 86-year-old father in the middle of a workday. I knew it couldn’t be good. My stomach turned...

I WON'T SAY I'M SORRY

I spent last Saturday on a series of phone calls with friends and relatives who were dealing with death, disability, or disease. Parents...

THE $6,000 LESSON

I recently found out that a relative in her late 80s was duped. She fell for it. How could that happen? She is a vibrant, smart, and...

THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS

The first hundred years are the hardest. That has always been my mother’s go-to quip -- which she adopted from her mother -- when someone...

ANTI-ANTI-AGING

The November 14, 2020 edition of The New York Times featured an interview with the iconic actress Sophia Loren who, at age 86, stars in a...

PUPPY LOVE

My daughter had the audacity to move out of the house. She did this twice. The first time was when she left for college at age 18. Ok....

TALKING TURKEY AT THANKSGIVING

At Thanksgiving, some of us express concern about guests spiking the apple cider. This year we are confronted with concern about spiking...