Ever since Roe v. Wade anti-abortion forces have tried nearly every tactic to eliminate it. And while the murder of an abortion doctor may make headlines, the stories of the men and women who are terrorized on a daily basis for being involved in abortion care have not been heard. Until now.


In Living in the Crosshairs: the Untold Stories of Anti-Abortion Terrorism, David S. Cohen and Krysten Connon have compiled their extensive interviews with abortion providers across the country to tell the stories of how these healthcare workers are targeted at home and work, in person and online. Drawing on ideas from the interviews, the authors then propose several legal and societal reforms that could improve the lives of providers—including the suggestion that we redefine targeted harassment as terrorism rather than protest.


David is a law professor at the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, where he teaches constitutional law and gender and the law. This important work will be out May 1. Congrats!


Dr. Christine Carter, a happiness expert at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and a speaker, writer and mother, also has a new book out—The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work. At this point in her career Christine found herself exasperated by the busyness of modern life—too many conflicting obligations and not enough time, energy or patience to get everything done. Determined to create a less stressful life for herself without giving up her hard-won career success or happiness at home, she road-tested research-based tactics that promised to bring more ease into her life. Drawing on her vast knowledge of the latest research related to happiness, productivity and elite performance, she followed every strategy that promised to give her more energy—or that could make her more efficient, creative or intelligent. The Sweet Spot shows us how to live in that zone we’ve glimpsed but can’t seem to hold onto—the sweet spot where we have the greatest strength and also the greatest ease. 


I checked in with Christine to tell her congrats on the new book (I really enjoyed and highly recommend her first book, Raising Happiness, too), and received the following update: “I just got back from Seattle, giving a talk at Microsoft. I was introduced by fellow ’94 Liz Berger Friedman! She has worked there for 11 years and her husband Jordan Friedman is going to be working there soon, too. Jen Dirksen Archer joined us for lunch. She has four kids, ages 3 to 10. It is not dull in their household!”


Thanks and congratulations, Christine!


And I’ll end this column with some official class business. This June 19-21 is our class’s 20th reunion (actual 21st). It’s on my calendar, and I hope to see lots of ’94s there—it should be a lot of fun to see where 20 years, give or take, has put everyone.


I’ll also be retiring from my “job” as class secretary as of this reunion. When I took it on 10 years ago I was newly pregnant with my first child, living in a new community and happy to reconnect with an old one. But now it’s time for me to move on in search of my own sweet spot. If you’re interested in the position of class secretary, please drop me a line or contact our class president, Deme Navab Taleghani, at demetra.taleghani@gmail.com.


—Suzie Fromer, 76 Dogwood Lane, Irvington, NY 10533; suziefromer@gmail.com