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Parenting
Last night I wanted to give up. It was a hard parenting day – start to finish – and I floundered, not knowing what to say or how to handle things. I threw a couple of things out there and was met with...
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Gripped
I am absolutely terrified about taking in another teenager; the enormity of it takes my breath away. People keep telling me how kind I am, but I am not sure that I am that kind because sometimes I...
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In case there was any question, the heart does overrule the brain.
Sometimes, no matter what your brain tells you to do (or not do) your heart just runs it right on over eliminating any possibilities of rational thinking. You know that you shouldn’t say what’s on the...
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Meltdown in the canyons
My gal, B, and I headed west for a night; a much needed and not long enough trip. It was, as usual, planned as a solo trip. Then, on the phone with B, I heard that thing in her voice (the same thing...
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The Latest
atrocious adjective : very evil or cruel 1: extremely wicked, brutal or cruel : barbaric 2 : appalling, horrifying 3: utterly revolting: abominable Synonyms appalling, horrible, awful, dreadful,...
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Only Me
It kind of looks like this, but mine’s way cuter I went to the consignment shop the other day and while digging around I came across a Michael Stars black dress. Super exciting. I LOVE Michael Stars...
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A Terrible Thing to Say
Sometimes I just don’t want to be a parent. Or at least, if I have to be a parent, I don’t want to have to be a good one. It is so fucking joyous when it’s good, but dang, when it’s bad, it hurts. In...
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That feeling…
That feeling when you think you’re the worst parent in the world and you’re being told that you are the worst parent in the world and you hate yourself and your unbelievable confusion in the moment and...
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I am crushed
I found out last night that someone doesn’t like me – actually, a couple of someones. They are a tight-knit group and far away and I haven’t spoken with or seen any of them for years. Even when they...
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Back from the darkness
The last few days have been KILLING me. I didn’t quite realize how much I need to write and to have an adoring audience for my writing. Being shut down for the better part of a week was traumatic. I...
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