Cutting Corners
I am a working mom. I am a working mom that sometimes cuts corners. By sometimes, I mean every day. We don’t always have healthy dinners. I don’t sew, bake, or glue things. My cute “crafts” come pre-made from Hobby Lobby, and you really can find almost anything on Amazon. There have been times when…
Flame Throwers
Throughout my 80s childhood, I thought a lot about what the future was going to be like. The future had so much potential; I was genuinely excited to see what was waiting around the corner. I was thinking unity, utopia, Jetsons. Now here we are. I am not sure what THIS is, but it feels…
More Magic Less Idiocy
I was a child with an amazing imagination. We went on adventures that were truly fantastical. In truth, we played under an abandoned truck bed shell, pretended broken glass was diamonds, and climbed a hell of a lot of trees. It was the absolute best because we believed that the world was full of hidden…
Quit Sending Me To Hell
Neighbor-lady would wave her dirty little garden shovel over the fence and screech that she was, “going to pray because we were going to HELL!” Ten-year-old me found that HILARIOUS. I was a jerk. More importantly, I am pretty sure that woman wasn’t praying to save my soul.
You Can Only Control How You React
I stopped blogging for awhile; I simply couldn’t reconcile the everyday crazy. Literally, the only thing that I could manage to get on paper was…. BE A DECENT HUMAN. I still feel that way… but I had an epiphany yesterday.
What’s The Problem
Every single problem in the world can be boiled down into one of two things: someone wants to take something, or someone wants to control something. Listen, I am guilty. I don’t have the desire to take anything from anyone, but I’m all about the control. For example, I believe that everyone would be happier…
Resiliency
When I was in the 4th grade, I thought I could sing. I couldn’t. I signed up to sing an A-cappella solo in the talent show. My dad said it was a horrible idea. I ignored him. I marched myself onto the stage, stood in front of the entire school (and an extremely large number…
Politics and Shushers
I hate talking about politics. People lose their ever-loving minds when it comes to this topic. Here is the thing, people. We are all on the same team. So, I’m going to take it way back to the elementary playground rules we seem to have forgotten. You can’t get others to see things your way…
What Tints Your Lenses?
I was pretty young when I realized that my way of relating to the world was a little different. I stood out, and not in a good way. Let me assure you; despite what everyone says, very few people are truly tolerant of difference. I simply didn’t understand why no one could relate to me.…
Grace, Why Has She Been Cancelled?
Humans. We are stupid. Especially humans with limited access to their prefrontal cortex. Part of the human experience is literally learning from all the dumb things we do. That is why I love Grace. When we were kids, we had a neighbor that would yell and throw dirt clods from her garden if she heard…
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