I’m planning another trip to go see my mom, and I’m scared. She’s already had some chemo now and her body isn’t liking it. Why should it? It’s poison. She’s having several of the classic effects of the therapy, and I have been warned about her hair falling out. Mom is not a vain woman,… Continue reading It isn’t about the hair
One look at me and it is easy to tell that I am not so much of an outdoorsy person. I wear t-shirts with sayings and pictures on them from movies like Star Wars, TV shows like Doctor Who, and books like Harry Potter. On my feet you will often see low top Converse, not… Continue reading Deer in squirrel’s clothing
This is the stunning photo that I took of the light from the sunset while my family was out walking the pets Monday night. Isn’t it something? We’ve been trying to get out and walk together as a family on the evenings so that we can have time to chat and be outside and get… Continue reading Don’t get fired
If you’ve read my bio you may know that I live amongst a small menagerie of beasties. The newest addition to that is one Rose Tyler, a now 6 month old puppy of mixed origin. We know that she has a lot of Treeing Walker Coonhound in her and some other equally sweet and obstinate… Continue reading Move over, me
When we moved this past summer, we changed two time zones. Combine that with the fact that I have to wake up ridiculously early to teach on China time so I go to bed early, and you have a formula for me getting to wake up to some fun things from friends in our… Continue reading More than friends
I am not what you would call a graceful person. I fall down a lot. I bump into things. I trip. I stumble. I spill food. I drop things. I break stuff. Not only is this a general crummy situation, but I never have cool injury stories. I’m generally surrounded by wonderful empathetic humans who… Continue reading A distressing lack of grace
I’m a little interested in the cool and weird facts about animals. Daughter and Husband are completely fascinated by them so, I hear about animals quite a lot. Either a small voice or a much bigger voice will tell me, with equal enthusiasm, “Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!! Did you know…?” What follows will inevitably be bizarre… Continue reading Be the shrimp
The school in which I worked required the teachers to do conferences twice a year. Once I was able to overcome my crippling social anxieties around the entire process, I actually started to look forward to these meetings. They were utterly exhausting, a flurry of activity, sometimes really upsetting for the child or the parent… Continue reading “Like” isn’t blind
As a classroom teacher, something that I found really important about my job was the tiny part known as “character education.” In this minuscule area of teaching we were to help kids learn not only how to make good decisions and avoid peer pressure, but how to grow up and essentially be positive and helpful… Continue reading No offense, but…
I don’t really make New Year’s resolutions. As a fat person, everyone always just expects me to want to lose weight as a resolution, and I find it disappointing. I am terrible about other things, too! I have lots of areas to improve upon, but no one focuses on those. Oh well. Still, this new… Continue reading Universality
Elephants in the Room 