http://thewomenofchestnutstreet.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 04 May 2011 03:56:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en River rapped her pencil nervously against her ceramic coffee cup earning the annoyed glance of a well-dressed man sitting to her right. "Why come to a cafe if every single noise is going to get your panties in a bunch?" she thought to herself. Her anxiety was building up. In ten minutes ... http://thewomenofchestnutstreet.com/2010/06/15/chapter-28/ By the time Meeghan arrived back at her mother’s house from the courthouse it was almost 7pm. Memories of icy stares when she dared arrive to dinner seconds past 6:30 as a teen were still fresh in her memory as she scrambled out of the car and up the porch ... http://thewomenofchestnutstreet.com/2010/04/21/chapter-27/ Pick-up time at Charlie's school was always ridiculously hectic. It reminded Dawn of Fashion Week in New York City. Expensive cars, designer suits, assistants (nannies) everywhere. The neighboring residents complained every few months about the traffic jam busy parents created but the city wasn't willing to risk the feelings of ... http://thewomenofchestnutstreet.com/2010/04/14/chapter-26/ Lisa and Thomas sat side by side on the park bench. Grace was fast asleep in her stroller, her head against her shoulder in one of those seemingly uncomfortable but perfectly normal baby positions. Lisa watched her child snore and remembered how she used to repeatedly try to straighten her ... http://thewomenofchestnutstreet.com/2010/04/14/chapter-25/ "You've got to be kidding me." Oliver's mouth hung wide open as he held the check, rubbing the paper between his index finger and thumb. $250,000. River nursed Naomi in her lap. "She wants to invest. I guess the idea of a green shop-at-home catalog company isn't so crazy after all..." Oliver said ... http://thewomenofchestnutstreet.com/2010/02/02/chapter-24/ Meeghan waited on the court steps for her bright-eyed young lawyer, Ellen. She knew it was entirely inappropriate of her mother to suggest hiring her baby cousin to work on her divorce case as a family favor but had been assured that her uncle, also a lawyer, would be supervising. It ... http://thewomenofchestnutstreet.com/2009/12/02/chapter-23/ It was 3:30 PM when Dawn made it back to work. Her assistant handed her the standard late afternoon pick up, a triple nonfat mocha, before starting in on the agenda. "Macy's east coast distributors would like to meet with you about creating an exclusive line, here you go," she handed ... http://thewomenofchestnutstreet.com/2009/11/18/chapter-22/ Lisa walked quickly, pushing her stroller down the broken bumpy sidewalk. She didn't know if her stomach was doing flip flops because of the pregnancy or in anticipation of seeing Thomas. The meeting with the separation counselor was in 10 minutes. If Dawn hadn't convinced her that these formalities were ... http://thewomenofchestnutstreet.com/2009/11/14/chapter-21/ Lisa entered the apartment carrying a sleeping Grace on her chest. Somehow it was emptier than it had ever been before. Signs of life were everywhere; dishes in the sink, baby clothes and diapers on almost every surface, magazines, an abandoned cup of tea. To anyone else it would have looked ... http://thewomenofchestnutstreet.com/2009/11/06/chapter-20/ River paced back and forth outside the Berkeley Small Business Administration headquarters before taking the plunge and plowing through the glass double doors. She didn't take more than two steps inside before loosing her footing and falling dramatically, arms flailing, on her back. The file folder she was holding flew into ... http://thewomenofchestnutstreet.com/2009/11/05/chapter-19/