As I re-read last week’s blog post after it was published, I giggled at myself. Nowhere – absolutely nowhere – in the email subject or header line did I mention the fact that there was an actual class offering included. oopsie. Email marketing folks for sure rolled their eyes knowingly at my novice oversight. Self-awareness junkies may have thought, “Well, […]
I don’t wanna’. I don’t wanna’ write. I don’t wanna’ do yoga. I don’t wanna’ go on a walk. I don’t wanna’ meditate. I don’t wanna’ eat healthily. I don’t wanna’ clean the playroom. I don’t wanna’ travel. I don’t wanna’ have a migraine. I don’t wanna’ make a decision on my kids’ school for […]
A text message from my husband to his family late last week includes: “I’m grumpy today.” The subsequent replies from my husband’s family read along the lines of: “What!? Don’t be grumpy!” “There’s no point in being grumpy.” “What’s up with you!?” And his well meaning father the next day (in all seriousness) says to him […]
I have some words that I wrote in a journal years ago, There is no comfort in growth, And no growth in comfort. hmm. Curious words I put together. I suppose they are partly true. But they are not the whole truth. (Is it ever really?) Because if we can allow ourselves to trust the […]
Ruthie is beside herself tonight. Which means wailing like a wounded animal in the next room, “I want Mama, I want Mama!” I can understand how one might roll their eyes at these words on this page while thinking, “Oh, another temper tantrum from a kid.” But this wail is different than a cajoling or […]
Nora is practicing her letters. In virtual school. Sometimes it is smooth as the chocolate silk pie I used to make with my Grandmother. Sometimes it is torturous like the pitchfork my father accidentally put through his brand new loafers as a child. (My Grandma was not pleased with this.) Repetition. I get is as […]
I had a thing I just started writing but it was wrong. Because it was taking too long. And I kept looking out the window of my grey Honda Odyssey trying to catch a glimpse of 5 year old Nora in her mask taking her first dance class ever. I watch her through the barrier […]
Bahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh………….. I’m toast right now. And not crunchy buttery perfectly melt in your mouth light brown toast. I’m burnt and crispy and crumbling toast. Right now. At this minute. On this day. I can’t tell you much about yesterday. It’s a bit of an eternity in itself. I can’t tell you much about tomorrow as […]
7 year old Ruthie stands beside the kitchen table and whines, “ughhh… does anyone know how to get rid of growing pains?” She cringes as she dramatically doubles over and presses her fingertips up and down her left foot in slow, dragging strokes. “DUHHHHHHH….” bellows our clearly youngest child, Nora, “Just WAIT for it to go away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” huh. Ruthie […]
A few days ago, a lovely woman passed on from this life. I’d known her since I was 10 years old. Privately, I called her “Mrs. Claus” for her rosy red cheeks, stout body and chortle of a laugh. Fittingly, she made cookies that melted in your mouth like a popsicle on one of these […]