Always evolving, Never Average
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. …Read More
In the early days of this blog, I was sometimes a little bit aggressive. At the same time I was often overly defensive. I was exhausted and in the thick of it and feeling underappreciated and overextended and not very confident. While one of my goals in sharing my experiences was to let other moms …Read More
People often tell me how “brave” I am for putting stuff out there. I don’t really see it as brave. I guess it started out as trying to let moms know they aren’t alone in their struggles with motherhood or depression or marriage or weight loss or whatever. The more I shared, the more I wanted …Read More
If you are the parent to more than one child, you are well aware of how two children who were both conceived by the same people can be completely different in a multitude of ways. It doesn’t take long to figure that out. And just as your children have different personalities, they will also have …Read More
I don’t know how many people exactly in town read my blog. But I think it’s kind of a lot. I have been in the locker room at the Y and at a 5:30 a.m. spin class and in the grocery store and the liquor store and random parking lots and at baseball games and …Read More
If you want to call depression an illness, go for it. If you want to call it a disease, that’s fine too. Let’s not argue over semantics. It doesn’t really matter what label you put on it. Depression is no joke and it’s a big fucking deal. And while there may be some people who are …Read More
So yesterday I discovered Brene Brown. I guess I’m pretty out of it. She and Oprah are like BFF’s. How I’ve never heard of her, I have no idea. Anyway, she’s an author and a professor and a vulnerability and shame researcher. I spent yesterday watching videos and listening to her talk about vulnerability. About …Read More
Yesterday I did something scary. I walked into uncertainty. I shared some personal information without knowing what the outcome would be. And then I waited. I waited for the critics to emerge. I waited for them to voice their opinions. Literally. I sat in front of the computer, clicked post, and waited for the comments. …Read More
