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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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
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 […]
I drank coffee and wine when I was pregnant.
I don’t know if you heard about this, but Pink posted a picture on Instagram recently and she’s pretty pregnant and in the picture she was sitting on the floor of her kitchen in front of the microwave drinking a cup of (decaf) coffee and trying to get through the day. Just like the rest […]
Drink, drank, drunk.
If I had a Top 10 list of the Worst. Days. Ever… Yesterday would have been on that list. Fo sho. But it was really my fault. I made an amateur strategical move. My husband was out in his shop working. And I went out there to ask him a question. And I left 5 children, 7 […]