I don’t know how my mom did it, really. Aside from the fact that I know precisely nothing about parenting or raising children, it is beyond me how my mother managed to instill the values and knowledge in me that she did. I don’t remember having conversations about what’s important in life and what’s not. There were no huge life lessons I remember her making a point to teach me. Maybe it was the little »» Read the rest
July 31, 2010
Part of me feels like my 23rd year of life flew by. Where did the fall go? Wasn’t Christmas just last week? What happened to spring? This summer is almost over? But then I realize I can’t even remember what I did for my 23rd birthday. And that my life has changed drastically since I celebrated my last birthday. A year ago, I was working at a job that made me miserable, living in a »» Read the rest
July 22, 2010
You didn’t have to pull over. You didn’t have to stop. You didn’t have to call 9-1-1-. You didn’t have to get out of your car. You didn’t have to make sure we were okay. But you did. You pulled to the side of the highway, slowing ever so carefully to a stop on that icy road. You called for emergency help, then stepped out into that cold December night to check »» Read the rest
July 8, 2010
I left work early yesterday and stayed home from work today – sick. Not “sick” as in “awesome,” but “sick” as in I’M SICK and I’m sick of being sick. Totally. I won’t go into detail because, well, trust me… you don’t want that. But this evening I started to feel a little better. Well enough, in fact, that I was able to be vertical for longer than it takes me to walk from our »» Read the rest
June 24, 2010
Alternately titled: The one where I write about a whole lot of random shit going on in my life AT THIS VERY moment, as in literally THIS VERY MOMENT but not really generally in my life, therefore it’s not really meaningful whatsoever but I’m going to write about it anyway because I haven’t actually written anything for a bit and I’ve been home alone for more than two hours already and it’s only 3:45 in »» Read the rest
August 9, 2010
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