I am going through some stuff right now. Some really, really, REALLY hard stuff. I’m okay, but every part of me is being challenged. And this will be a figurative marathon really. There is no quick fix, no easy button, no get out of jail free card. The last few days have been particularly rough. […]
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TEN MONTHS
You know what Wednesday was? It was ten months with no alcohol. TEN MONTHS. TEN MONTHS!!!!!! That’s a big deal for me. But what is even more of a big deal than no booze for over three hundred days is what I realized the day before. It was a pretty big a-ha moment for me. […]
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My surgery is in four days. I am told, depending on who I talk to, that I will be out of commission anywhere from one to six weeks. That’s quite a window. I hope I’ll be one of those super speedy recoverers. Five or ten years ago, I would have expected myself to get through […]
My New Friend
Do you ever meet someone and just feel an instant connection with her? Where even though you’ve only known her a month or a day or an hour you already know you can just talk to her about anything? I recently met such a person. She randomly appeared in my life. And right away, I was […]
Next Stop, Richmond, Virginia
Number 3 and 4 first joined the swim team six years ago. They swam on the town team which only swims in the summer and practices in the lake at the town beach. It’s a rinky dink little team, but it was the perfect introduction to swim team for them. They both loved it. Of […]
Do you need a therapist?
There is a vineyard in my town. It’s 1.7 miles from my house as the crow flies, and a 3.3 mile drive. And in the seven years I have lived here, I’ve never been there. Until today. Today I went there with a bunch of friends to surprise another friend for her birthday. It was […]