Questions and Answers
I can’t remember if it was before our after our recent trip to Colorado, but one night, I said to Josh, “I’m pretty sure I’m actually losing my mind, like I’m going to wind up in a mental hospital.”...
View ArticleAsking a Lot
Do you ever feel like you’re being pulled in too many directions? Last night, I sat in the bathroom clipping my hot pink toenails while supervising bath time. Linus—just a week shy of his first...
View ArticleFacing Fears
Once upon a time, I lived alone. I was a bold young thing who ate cereal for dinner and chose the paint colors I wanted. I was accustomed to sleeping by myself, though I daydreamed about a time when a...
View ArticleSocial Media Blahs
I’m totally uninspired to update my Facebook status or Twitter feed, and lately, I seem to start blog posts that fizzle out after three or four half-hearted sentences. Pinterest bit the dust last week...
View ArticleHot Mama
After downing bowls of spaghetti and big chunks of watermelon tonight, the kids and I walked to the park. Two small girls and a young woman whose tiny body and short-shorts suggested “babysitter” were...
View ArticleLife is a Comedy
Life is a comedy these days, friends. A comedy in which physical humor prevails and the crazed mother-heroine is invariably covered in strained peas. Two nights ago, a ceramic bowl shattered at the end...
View ArticleMoving Forward
Back in January, I wrote a post in which I gave myself permission to let things be. “Percolating,” I called it. Well, it took a lot longer than I thought. Letting decisions come to me in an organic,...
View ArticleStaycationing
I’m on vacation this week—a little breathing room between old job and new—and it feels fantastic. Linus is napping, and I’m letting Linnea have at a roll of masking tape so I can sneak in a bit of...
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I Would Love to Write
I would love to write, but I’ve been so busy that when the PetSmart employee turned me away at 9:01 tonight, I started to cry. The dogs had enough food for breakfast tomorrow, but that was all. My...
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No Motivation Required
I find that I’m most motivated to write when I’m writing. Come to think of it, I’m also most motivated to run when I’m running. When I’m sitting in my office, I might call myself a very reluctant lap...
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