This article was first published in August, 2009 on Divine Caroline. This is pre-blog and the second article I wrote and published on-line. It speaks to what I…
I try hard to not care about your thoughts, really I do. But there’s an underlying understanding that I need your approval. I need to be thin enough…
My problem is that I never liked a popularity contest. I wasn’t popular nor did I care to be. I find it hard to care whether anyone “likes”…
This is a journal entry from the darkness of night, 3/16. Not watching any TV means I am writing more. And doing so very honestly. “I told myself…
It’s Sunday again and I’m missing the Walking Dead series on AMC again. When the door slams shut on that pre-parent life, one can feel a little isolated.…
As I began this pregnancy, I recognized a future coming in which my new baby and my blog would be sharing my attention. And I contemplated what that…
I have been dreaming of a state of total mental and especially physical relaxation. Where my muscles are molten and limp. I want to be so relaxed, I…
On the phone recently, my Mom recounted a story about the last time I had a baby. She laughed as she told her version of that fateful day…
The avoidance of doing things we have to do emerged as a theme this week at my house. Our reasons for avoidance seemed to include anticipation of pain…
I have issues with stuff that goes missing. I eventually found my expired passport. I decided my pink camera must have been stolen. And I’ll be paying for…