Today is my 51st birthday. I can’t believe I’m that old. I’ll say what everybody else says. I do NOT feel that old. Honestly I feel like a really wise and experienced thirty-year-old who is finally comfortable in her own skin, no longer gives a fuck about the judgments of other people, and who is […]
Life at My House
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 […]
Fifteen Hours
In fifteen hours I’m leaving to take Number 4 to school. She starts her freshman year at the boarding school she worked her ass off to get into. When she discovered the school two and a half years ago, she decided she was going there for high school. We told her she could go, but […]
The Night Before The First Day Of School
Tomorrow is our first day of school. I just want to let all of you know something. Because I think there are some of you who could use a reminder right now. As I have scrolled through Facebook the last ten days or so, I’ve seen some pretty incredible distance learning setups shared by friends. […]
Not Your Average Sisters, Episode 8 — Pizza
Today was dentist appointment day at our house. Four of the kids had back to back appointments from 10am to 12:30pm, and then the last appointment was Number 4’s at 2:45. We got home from Number 4’s appointment pretty quickly. And when I walked into the kitchen, I saw this: Number 5 and Number 7 […]
We Are Not Just Travelers
My parents went on vacation a couple weeks ago, and they visited one of their favorite jewelry stores while they were there. They got me a gift. It was a small box. Inside was a necklace with a compass rose charm on it. There was a card in the box. It read: Our compass rose […]
