Number 4, my 15-year-old, is a sophomore in high school at a boarding school about 5 hours away. She LOVES school. Her school (like the rest of the country) is experiencing an upswing in covid cases. The protocol at her school is if you test positive you need to go home for 10 days. Since […]
Lessons I've Learned
I’m Learning To Keep My Judgments To Myself
A couple months ago I was scrolling through Facebook or Instagram and a food blogger/influencer’s video came up in my feed. I don’t remember anything about the food because I was so distracted by the woman’s nails. They were really long and they were very nicely decorated but really long nails just aren’t my thing. […]
Focus on the good stuff.
It’s the last day of January. My Facebook feed has been filled with memes about how long and horrible this month has been and how it’s like the 83rd day of January today. I don’t know about you, but when I see that shit it’s annoying. Because it’s an invitation to start complaining. Instead of lasering in […]
Divorce 101: What you REALLY need to know.
When I filed for divorce I was pretty clueless. And I was focused on all the wrong things. I wasted so much time and energy on stuff that didn’t matter at all. So I’m going to share what I wish I had done differently so you don’t waste as much time and energy as I […]
I Peopled Last Night
I got invited to a party for the first time in a LONG time last week. It was to go to a friend’s house for small Christmas party. I hadn’t seen my friend in a long time, and she was one of my divorce pioneers. We spent many hours talking about knowing what the right […]
The Real Me
A couple months ago we went to Family Weekend at my daughter’s school. We had a great time. After not being able to visit school at all the first two thirds of her freshman year, it was really nice to be able to go see her in her element, watch her swim, see her interact […]