Every year around this time I go through a pretty big decluttering/simplifying stage. And every year my life becomes a tiny bit more manageable. I believe simplifying and streamlining and minimizing is a gradual process for many of us. You can’t slam on the brakes. You’ve gotta slow down gradually. This overwhelming desire to cut […]
Mental Health
I Did Not Require My Kids To Read This Summer, And I Never Will
The other day a friend of mine acknowledged in a closed Facebook group for the middle school that she had not required her child to read this summer, and she described herself as an “awful mom,” and she wanted to know what the consequence was for this failure to force her kid to read over […]
A Lot Of Shit Can Go Down In Thirty Years
This past Saturday, I attended my 30th high school reunion. Thirty years!!! How is it possible that I am old enough to say I did anything thirty years ago? I definitely do not feel that old. Well, I guess that’s not totally true. Physically, there are times when I do feel older. When I get […]
Because Some Of Us Can, And Some Of Us Can’t
Back in my smoking days, a long time ago, over twenty years ago, my best friend from high school got married. At the rehearsal dinner, one of her bridesmaids had quit smoking fairly recently. Like within the past year. She was one of those holier than thou, Oh My God, get away from me, smoking […]
Why I Quit Drinking
In June of 2008, I found out I was pregnant. Numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 were 10, 8, 3, and almost 2 years old at the time. This pregnancy was not planned and came as a complete surprise to my husband and to me. My husband was not exactly thrilled at first. We already […]
Crossroads, Chapter 2
On July 2, 2017, I made the decision to stop drinking. I wanted to share the story of how I came to this decision. In order to do that, I needed to go back to the beginning. If you missed those posts, you can catch up here: Chapter 1 Chapter 2 My brother […]