A few years ago my self care achieved such an all time low that I managed to get myself a case of ye olde scurvy. {Turns out I have a little Captain in me after all.} When my doctor broke the news, he laughed out loud. At the time I chalked it up to the fact that he had probably… Read more →
Category: The Not-So-Trivial
Work In Progress
I’m feeling wary of resolutions this year. I got a new camera and have kept it on manual since I took it out of the box — but that’s not a resolution, that’s more like finally forcing myself to do something I’ve been avoiding for years. I want to post a photo to this blog every day this year. But… Read more →
One Nation, Under Fire
I am sitting on the couch at my sister’s house. My eyes are red from crying, but I am laughing with my nieces who are playing on the floor behind me, innocent and unaware. I keep glancing over at my daughter, who is napping beside me. She is beautiful, and happy, and sleeping, and safe, and I am so angry.… Read more →
Talking To Our Kids On Days Like This
{via} Like many parents across America (and likely the globe) I’m anxiously looking forward to seeing my family tonight and hugging them just a little tighter. But once the kisses and hugs have been shared, after a the tears have been shed for the horrors others are living on this day, the conversations will begin. The questions have already begun… Read more →
Why I Write
{via} I’m in a period of introspection. Sometimes, when that happens, I can’t write the way I’m used to. My thoughts become stunted. My focus is split. So I read instead. And when I read? I remember why I write blog. The way unfiltered words can wrap themselves around a soul in need never ceases to amaze me. Even my… Read more →
Work/Life Wobbles
November just kind of whipped by. If you frequent this corner of the internet (or any other corner of the internet which I frequent) you might have noticed that I went a little bit off the grid around Lindsey’s wedding and never really managed to regain my footing on said grid until sometime last week. The grid wobbles. Or maybe… Read more →
WAHM, Bam, This Is Who I Am. (A Lyrical Gangsta. Clearly.)
Generally speaking, I’m not a person who does *simple*. If there’s a “keep it simple” path and a “drive yourself and everyone around you nuts” path, I’m inevitably trailblazing the latter. Back in good ‘ol 2009, mere weeks before I discovered I was pregnant with Delilah, I had made the decision to freelance rather than day-job in order to support… Read more →
By The People
We waited until Scott came home from work so we could all vote together. We’d talked about the election at home in terms of choosing and voice, but never in terms of politics or candidates because she has her whole life to get worked up over things like that. During the day, we watched a special episode of Daniel Tiger’s… Read more →
Celebrate Freedom + Win A Robot
We call her Rosie. {Get it? Rosie the Robot?} She’s not just an automatic vacuum cleaner. She’s a full blown freaking robot. Wheels get stuck? She backs up and unravels herself. Cord in her way? She pops up and over it. Stepped in her path? She’ll go around you. Dropped something while she’s working? She’ll take note and come back… Read more →
Stranded On Long Island, Branded A Fool… #OhSandy
Last week I winged it to New York for my beloved Lindsey’s wedding. It was insanely beautiful. (Seriously, you should watch their vows. Insane.) But then this trip took something of an unexpected turn. My flight home was cancelled in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy. Then my replacement flight was cancelled. And then another one. …And Sandy wasn’t showing any signs… Read more →