I’ve been avoiding resolutions quite a lot in the past several years. I may have written about it, and I may have made some or made some under a clever new word like “intentions” or something like that. The truth is, resolutions never really sat well with me. Because of what my brain likes to… Continue reading Resolutions
Around eight years ago now, my family went through a really hard time. Husband was sick- very sick- and there were two times we almost lost him. Daughter was so very small, and every single thing about it was hard. The worst part was Husband and the way he was behaving. He was so different… Continue reading We always do
Something that I will never understand is why people judge others based on appearance. I have a few things about me that can make others jump to conclusions, and it frustrates me to no end. For example, I am fat, but I am also not unhealthy. That doesn’t make sense to some people, including […]
I really wanted to write something about not cancer and leave it here for today, so I did. If I had to pick something in my house that shows me exactly what my husband and I are like, it would be our chairs. Take a good look at them. We’ve only had them a year… Continue reading Our chairs
I’ve been sick a lot lately, so I wasn’t sure if I would even have anything to say today. I managed to pull together a quick thought. The weather is changing where I am, and it is finally, thankfully, blissfully, beginning to cool off in the evenings. Husband made the comment at dinner, “It’s finally… Continue reading Security blankets
There’s this amazing book for young people written by Jerry Spinelli entitled Loser. It’s about this kid named Donald Zinkoff who is too happy most of his life to realize that he is considered a loser by those around him. Well, it’s sort of about that. It’s about a lot of amazing and wonderful things.… Continue reading Loser
Let me start off by saying that we don’t have a home phone. Husband and I each have cell phones and Daughter has the ability to text on her touch device. At age nine she does not have her own phone, but it isn’t necessarily because we don’t think she should. You see, nine years… Continue reading Grown up peer pressure
A fabulous reader has been in communication with me and asking for me to post about marriage. She is under the impression that Husband and I have a good one and she’d like to know more about that. I am always happy to oblige if I am able, but it just hasn’t come out right… Continue reading Serious irreverence
The past week has been hot. I say that completely recognizing the fact that had I not moved 2,000 miles east last summer I would be complaining that there was still snow on the ground at my old house. Still, even for the much warmer place I now live, 89 degrees on June 1 is… Continue reading What I learned from shaving my dog
When Husband and I made all our crazy plans to move our family, neither of us had jobs to go to. We weren’t so much scared of having no work as we were scared of killing each other. Don’t get me wrong, we have a pretty fantastic relationship. I’ve written in the past about my… Continue reading Evening affirmations
Elephants in the Room 