Huffington Magazine Issue 34 | Page 28

Voices LISA BELKIN HUFFINGTON 02.03.13 GETTY IMAGES/IMAGENAVI What I Know About Work Now That I’m in My 50s BACK WHEN my older son was a toddler, I found him in his booster seat one morning scribbling furiously on a legal pad with a stub of a crayon. “Evan,” I asked, “do you want breakfast?” “I can’t talk, Mommy,” he answered. “I have to work or my editor will be mad with me.” I’ve spent the decades since trying to live the balanced message that I want my children to hear. I’m