The coolest you’ll ever be is when you don’t give half a hell about who is watching or what they are thinking. Can I get an amen? For the last two months I have spent a good deal of time working out. It’s been a sort of therapy for me–training my body to be better,… Read More »
It’s not uncommon to hear people whine about “getting older.” Chances are you rarely hear anything positive attached to that phrase, so allow me to rock your world with something I came up with all by myself: One of the greatest privileges of aging is the acquisition of perspective. Boom. Didn’t that sound like, totally… Read More »
If you watch the show Dexter you know that the protagonist always has a “dark passenger” at his side. Even when he’s doing totally mundane and innocent things the passenger whispers commands and waits to pounce on a victim. I kind of have my own dark passenger. Don’t worry. I’m not some psychopath vigilante who… Read More »
“So you just stand there and let him do all the work?” Those words stick in my head as the herald of last year. The man who said them has NO idea that his casual remark cost me sleep, that I agonize over my actions in light of his cruel and careless observation. We were… Read More »
It’s Thursday! That means its time for another Writer’s Workshop over at Mama’s Losin It. 1.) Happy almost Mother’s Day! Share a parenting moment where you really began to realize what this mothering thing is all about. *** Motherhood is about dishing out lots and lots of grace. It’s about pushing the restart button forty million times… Read More »
Hi all. I don’t feel good. I want to punch my rheumatoid arthritis in the face. I hate starting the day feeling like crap. I hate waking up and needing to thaw out the stiffness before I can even brush my teeth. It’s lame. That being said, I don’t want you all to think I’m… Read More »
Have you ever wondered about the swaddling clothes that Mary used to wrap baby Jesus? I wonder where she got them–did her mom give them to her? Were they used by other babies and then passed down to Mary? Did she choose the fabric and make them herself in typical nesting fashion? A new baby… Read More »
Everyone in Blogland and beyond is talking about the first day of school. And yah, I suppose that’s exciting. But you know what? I have something more exciting for you. The first day of SUGAR. As in unapologetic white sugar, naked white flour, and delightfully shameless chocolate. It was everything I hoped it would be–and… Read More »
crude –adjective 1. in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural. 2. lacking in intellectual subtlety; rudimentary; undeveloped. 3. lacking finish; polish, or completeness. I became a mom the moment a little double pink line appeared on that good old fashioned pee stick. I remember taking it on a whim. It was, after all,… Read More »
What I lack… Ugh. Right now I lack hands. I lack energy… I lack dignity. I don’t want people to see my house a mess. I don’t want you to see me give way to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse for the tenth time. I’m too good for that. Surely I should be having my daughter do… Read More »
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