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 […]
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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 […]
Crossroads
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately. A lot of thinking. It may be some sort of mid life thing. It may be that I’m just starting to see things differently now that I’m in the second half of my life. Maybe it’s because at forty-seven years old, my priorities are shifting. It could be […]
Crazier Than Necessary
We are on our second week of summer. But it feels like the second month of summer. At least. My work schedule combined with the kids’ swim team and baseball schedules is out of control. Yesterday I was sure it was Friday. When I realized it was only Wednesday, I found myself wondering not just […]
An Almost Perfect Present
Number 5 and 6’s birthday was last week, and one of Number 5’s gifts was to go to the salon with me for her first mani/pedi. She has been begging for this for a couple years now, and she is my girliest girl, so I knew she would truly enjoy and appreciate the experience. Not […]
5:00 On A Friday Night
Yesterday I had a significant freakout about the arrival of summer. I was panicking. And I wasn’t at all physically or emotionally prepared for the transition. I was so exhausted that as soon as I got Number 6 and 7 into bed, I crashed on my own bed before 9 pm. My husband was working […]