It’s always a shock, when I emerge from the depths of my basement, aka bitch cave, after a hectic holiday season full of anxiety provoking and mental break down invoking projects, activities and deadlines that I started working on in the fall (and continually added to, in over exuberant fashion) to find a new year … Continue reading One Small Step
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Yes, this is my life.
Sending Birthday Wishes Out Into the Universe
It's your birthday, and you would've been a whopping 37 years old. Dude, that's so old 😂! I can't saying anything because I am pushing 40 after all! I'm sending your birthday wishes out into the universe today, and I hope they're put to good use. I know you'd accept them, even if they didn't … Continue reading Sending Birthday Wishes Out Into the Universe
We Are All Destined to Become Memories
We just finished making gingerbread houses and everything is sticky…everything. The table, our hands, the floor…well, we won’t talk about the floor, or how much cleaning we will now suffer through for the five minutes of chaotic activity we just endured! The kids are excited and running around like wild animals, while my mom and … Continue reading We Are All Destined to Become Memories
Free Range Children…Forget it…I’m Learning Lessons the Hard Way
Valuable lessons of the past I think that most of us can attest to having a decent childhood, despite not having our parents or an adult leading everything and engaging at every possible moment. I'm betting that your fondest memories don't include an adult hovering over you! The anecdotes of our past have provided us … Continue reading Free Range Children…Forget it…I’m Learning Lessons the Hard Way
Free Range Children, Red Rover and Other Novelties of the Past That I Wish They’d Bring Back: Act 2
Experts, manuals and all the advice When Clem and I became parents, we were completely unaware of the many manuals on child rearing, not to mention the insane amount of advice offered about parenting everywhere you looked or went. I'd read the lists of things recommended and felt overwhelmed. It's hard enough to have a … Continue reading Free Range Children, Red Rover and Other Novelties of the Past That I Wish They’d Bring Back: Act 2
The Hopeful Pessimist 