I’ve always hated winter. And as a result I’ve hated fall, too, because things start dying and it’s getting colder and it’s just a constant and looming reminder that winter is coming. But last year I came to the realization that if I keep going this way I’m going to be hating half of my […]
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10 Lessons From Vacation To Apply To Your Everyday Life
I just got back from a two week vacation in North Carolina. And it was the first vacation since we’ve had kids where I had the opportunity to actually vacate real life. Not for long. A vacation with kids isn’t exactly a vacation. It’s more of a relocation. But there were no major catastrophes. Nobody […]
Your body is already bikini ready. It’s your brain that isn’t.
Last weekend when we went to Hershey Park, we spent the second half of the day at the water park. It was really hot, and it was packed. And I heard someone say, “There are women here who have no business wearing a bikini.” Whoa. I wasn’t wearing a bikini. I wasn’t even wearing a […]
What I learned in therapy yesterday (and 52 things you can do to improve the quality of your marriage)
Last night my husband and I went to see a new marriage therapist. Or couples counselor. Or whatever you want to call it. We are approaching twelve years of marriage, and this is the fourth therapist we have seen. Our first therapist was a super nice lady. We liked her. But we both liked her […]
Maybe a before and after picture isn’t the problem. Instead, maybe the problem is what you focus on in those pictures.
mid·dle age noun 1. the period between early adulthood and old age, usually considered as the years from about 45 to 65 AT 46-years-old, I suppose you could say I’m middle-aged. Middle aged? What the fuck? How the hell did this happen? Falling into the middle aged category always seemed so far away. When I […]
I’m Ready For The Next Chapter
The other day at the town beach I watched a woman with three kids, one of them a two-year-old, attempting to unload all the kid crap from her car. She had her hands full. Literally. She had a stroller and more than one beach bag and an umbrella and sand toys and a whole assload of other kid […]
