"What's Possible"
The syndicated "What's Possible" column by Daryn Kagan.
Tiny miracles follow Daryn’s four-car crash
Headlights exploding, metal crunching, air bags instantly inflating. My daughter screaming. As I drove my daughter to a friend’s house on May 4, there came that awful reminder that your life can change in an instant. It happened as I passed through a major intersection on a solid green light. ...
Daughter’s first mother in thoughts this holiday
I think about her every day. We are forever linked through one of the greatest joys of my life. And I’ll never be able to tell her. That’s what I find myself thinking about as I approach my first Mother’s Day as a mother. I’ll never be able to say ...
There’s no shame in man’s new job
“I have a new job,” came the news from my longtime friend on the other end of the phone. This is a friend who has also worked in television for years. Hang with that crowd and you receive from pretty heady phone calls over the years. I’ve heard everything from ...
The sauce is hot, while the cause is sweet
“Stick your finger in this,” my older brother instructed me last week in that bossy voice big brothers have no matter how old we’ve grown. Of course, any younger sister, no matter how old, should know to be cautious. Following such instructions as a kid led to everything from ruining ...
Double amputee running in Boston knows about survival
Right place, right time. Probably not what a lot of people who were at the end of the Boston Marathon were thinking Monday after bombs exploded. Then, there is Scott Rigsby. “It was no accident I was there,” Scott tells me over the phone as he boarded a plane to ...
How to help a bleak boss to see the light
The words are not printable in a family newspaper. The thoughts I’ve had about bosses over the years who just didn’t get me. There was the TV news director who told me, “Daryn, in television there’s just this ‘It,’ some people have it; some people don’t. Clearly, you don’t.” Many ...
Mommy mess-up wasn’t in the family schedule
Ooh, that was one messy week. By that I mean I did a Mommy mess-up, a fall flat on your face, let down your family in front of other parents kind of mess-up. The setting for this fall: the abyss that many other parents will recognize as club sports. Apparently, ...
Woman challenges what she’s been told she can’t do
Amy Hanes was living a lie.This wife and mom of two boys is not a bad or frivolous person. In fact, I figure she’s pretty much like you and me. Believing something about herself because someone told her so.It took the honesty of her own 9-year-old son to question what ...
Openly confronting a shortcoming, loudly and proudly
A total stranger came and slapped me across the face this week.I don’t mean slap as in a physical, draw your hand to your stinging cheek kind of way. I mean slap as in a wake-up call.It all started when I ran what I thought was a fun story on ...
Procrastinator finds solace via mega-achiever
It’s getting pathetic. I’m talking about my binge of procrastination. Maybe you can relate? Things you are putting off that really need to get done?There are the taxes that will soon be due, a stack of papers on my desk that should be filed instead of covering every square inch ...
Just say yes to viewing flash-mob proposals
For me, they are like potato chips. Can’t have just one. I’m talking about flash-mob wedding proposals.What is it about these elaborate, group-assisted gestures that hook me? The romance? The surprise? The huge effort some man has put into impressing his girlfriend? Yes, yes and yes.I’ve shared how my own ...
The other proposal: daughter and her new mother
The truth is I’ve been holding out on you.I did indeed share last summer how my then boyfriend got down on his knee in front of my dog, my three-legged cat and five chickens and proposed. It was a wonderful moment. Truth is, it’s only half the story of what ...
How to handle ill kid draws unsought advice
Talk about strong opinions! I’m not referring to politics or religion. No, something more heated than that: What to do with a sick kid.You could’ve warned me. I have after all, invited you along on my launch into motherhood, having married a now formerly single dad last summer.The assault of ...
Authors write (and rewrite) the book on tackling a job
Nothing like hanging out with some of the most successful authors in the country to change your perspective on what it takes to be great.Maybe you’re like I was, assuming there are the haves and the have-nots.The haves would be those super-successful people, in this case, authors, who simply have ...
Single on Valentine’s means double the independence
Sigh.Here we are in the season of hearts, flowers and teddy bears. That holiday meant for love that has truly become an obstacle to overcome.It’s especially tough for us single gals. Valentines’ Day — that glaring spotlight meant to shine the light on the idea that your life, or to ...
Reverse surprise party: Did grand scheme work?
You’re wondering, aren’t you?Wondering if I was able to face the obstacle of celebrating my 50th birthday?I shared with you last week how I was turning 50 and was feeling good about life. No angst here. It’s been a big year after all — getting married, getting a kid, getting ...
Reverse surprise party sounds nifty to ring in 50
I’m going to let you in on a few secrets.The first one is big news, but truthfully not that big of a secret.I have a big birthday coming up this week. Yes, big, as in the big 5-OH.I’ve long ago stopped lying about my age. If anything, I lie “up.” ...
Doing the job that impresses your kid the most
“Does your daughter love that this is what you do for a living?” I was asked last week as I sat in a make-up chair getting ready for my latest TV gig.As the make-up artist airbrushed my face, applied fake lashes and worked her magic with endless brushes and shadows, ...
Caring for grandmother shows a new path
A funny thing happened to Liz Emery on her way to becoming a doctor: She became a clothing designer instead.I should say a clothing designer with a purpose, inspired by a chapter of life that so many of us can relate to — caring for your favorite person in the ...
The best souvenir requires no photo evidence
The answer is Buenos Aires, Argentina. The question was, “Where will I spend the holidays?” Faithful readers of this column know that up until the few days before Christmas I had no idea where that would be. In my last column, I shared how my new husband is an avid ...
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