I don’t know if you remember, but back in March when we were 15 days into the Pandemic and the kids were really over winter and couldn’t wait to go swimming, I wrote this post. They were so desperate to be in a pool that they had filled up a garbage can with water and […]
Lessons I've Learned
RBG Was A Badass. She Was Also A Shitty Cook.
I’ve been doing a lot of reading about Ruth Bader Ginsburg since her passing. I knew she was a trailblazer, but I didn’t know a whole lot about her specifically. I’ve learned a lot in the last few days about how she was a champion for women’s rights. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was one of the […]
The First Week
It’s been a week since I watched Number 4 walk away from the existence we had known for the last fourteen years and into a new phase of life. Last Friday I dropped her off at boarding school for her freshman year of high school. This was not something I ever envisioned doing. I imagined […]
It’s Your Job To Plug Yourself In
I saw this on Facebook today. https://www.facebook.com/thescarymommy/photos/a.375569458300/10158198745883301/?type=3&theater And while I have to agree that moms are often underappreciated, I disagree with this post. Most of it, anyway. It is true for me that since becoming a mom, I haven’t had the pleasure of someone else feeding me more than a handful of times. Very rarely […]
Telling The Kids About The Divorce
I was terrified to tell the kids about the divorce. I Googled just about every combination of words I could think of. How to tell your kids you are getting divorced. The best way to tell your kids you are getting divorced. Tips for telling your kids you are getting divorced. Every article and blog […]
Chapter One: The Wedding
I’m working on a book. Maybe. Here’s the first chapter. I got kind of drunk at our wedding. I don’t know if I could tell you the exact reason why. It was probably a combination of a few things. September 18, 2004 was our wedding day, and it was also my 35th birthday. Hurricane Ivan […]
