I hate summer now and I didn’t used to. But my kids love it and I wanted to reclaim some of that joy and I think that joy is found in the moment to moment choices where we decide whether we’re gonna be rushed or take our time, where we’re gonna be present or preoccupied,…
Continue reading ➞ Oh for Fork’s Sake
I don’t know who needs to hear this but you don’t have to. You don’t have to buy the latest fashions. You don’t have to download the newest apps. You don’t have to purchase the latest technology. You don’t have to spend your money on viral products. You don’t have to scroll on social media.…
Announcing a social media departure may be one of the biggest faux pas a millennial can commit but I’m a solid-born-in-1984-millennial and I don’t know how to do things without over explaining myself so here we are. It’s no secret that online apps have offered me more anxiety than education and it’s also no secret…
Continue reading ➞ Shut It Down
I hid her for a long time. But time and healing have brought new perspective. She’s chubby, flabby, saggy, stretchy, and strong and I love her. I am forever filled with gratitude for all she has given to me and experienced with me and survived for me. I have been thinking how we may sometimes…
Continue reading ➞ Hide and Seek
I wrote this post about a month ago but never got around to editing and finalizing it within a timely fashion of the world's latest crisis. It has sat in my drafts folder ever since. I've been contemplating waiting for the next crisis to reveal itself before posting this but then thought fuck that. For…
Confession: I reactivated my Facebook account. I know. I know I know I know I know I know. I know. How did such a thing occur? Well. I hopped back on Facebook around the time the seasons were transforming from frigid temperatures to blooming trees. It all started with insomnia and lots and lots of…
Continue reading ➞ Abandoning Wagons
This week's re-run includes an old school family pic circa 2019, B.C. (before Corona) because why not? We are even more "there" than we were when I wrote this in November 2019 and here are a few updates: Since then my youngest child is now six years old, all of said children are in school…
Continue reading ➞ Getting There
Sometimes its hard to blog about my opinion and my experiences without sounding like I'm on a "holier than thou" rampage. But I guess that's the internet in a nut shell so, what the hell. Mental health and social media. I feel like those two go together like oil and water which is to say…
Continue reading ➞ Social Deadly Sins
I don't talk about my kids a lot anymore. I used to when their problems were small and the solutions were simple. When the biggest struggle I had was finding the balance between their need for snuggle time and my need for down time or how to juggle their nap time with my needing to…
Continue reading ➞ Untold Stories: Kids Edition
I am going to veer off the railroad tracks here a smidge; break with tradition if you will and post on a Sunday. One of my pieces was published by one of my favorite sites and I just saw that it went live! And I'm gonna share it with you. Why? I don't really have…
Continue reading ➞ Behind the Scenes of My Latest Piece
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