We talk about comfort like it’s this boring thing to avoid. We should want adventure. Crave adventure. Pursue adventure. Like adventure is the goal. We should want to travel and explore and not settle down because settling down is the beginning of losing yourself and the worst thing you can do is lose yourself in…
Continue reading ➞ Call Me Comfortable
You know what? Life is hard. Sometimes the hard is so unrelenting and the pockets of joy are so few and far between and their relief so temporary that it feels like the hard is what life is now. When my kids were teeny tiny and I was in the trenches of toddler hard, many…
Continue reading ➞ Night Lights
When my husband and I first started dating we were out at some generic restaurant chatting the night away. In between bites of food I remember looking across the way and seeing an elderly couple eating their meal in complete and utter silence. At that moment I thought to myself, “I hope that is never…
Continue reading ➞ Silent Night
You know when I was in nursing school I failed one of my first exams in one of my first nursing courses and I failed it by two measly questions. After the test review, the instructor pulled me aside to personally point out that I wasn’t nurse material and that I should just go ahead…
Continue reading ➞ You’ve Got School
Sometimes things are hard. Sometimes hard things don’t care that it’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. Sometimes the holidays are trying and filled with uncertainty and fear and grief and regret and doubt. Sometimes the pockets of joy are few and far between. Sometimes the holiday magic eludes your best…
Continue reading ➞ A Taco Dip Christmas Story
You know what, I haven't had a reason to take a selfie since I stopped posting on social media. But I'm taking one today because I’m having a good hair day and what better reason to shoot a selfie than when you’re experiencing your best self. Anyway, today I’m thinking about the fact that I'm…
Continue reading ➞ Thirty-Ducking-Eight
This week’s re-run was fun for me to re-read. My kids don’t really have these easy to answer questions and demands anymore. I kind of miss debating with my littles about why we stop at red lights and why we don’t eat raw meat. Time has flown way too fast and my littles are not…
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 don’t have too much to share today because, well, I’m in the throws of COVID recovery. If I haven’t mentioned it before- fucking COVID. Anyway, today is much better than yesterday but when I start feeling better I tend to be an over-doer and I definitely over did it. My bed space is calling…
Continue reading ➞ Pick Up Where You Throw Down
Well if there’s one thing you can count on around here it’s that I’m not always meeting my goals which is how Thursday Thoughts turned itself today into Friday’s afterthought. It seems there are more things to do than hours in the day and that just never stops being true. Not only do I run…
Continue reading ➞ Thursday Afterthoughts
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