One Down

"If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint." ~Edward Hopper Let me try to paint you a picture with my words. Life is rarely normal for me, or is it this way for everyone? I'd like just one hallmark moment in my lifetime, for something to happen the way I …

Superbagel

Today is travel day. My first born and I are en-route to California via compressed metal tube, in anticipation of tomorrow— dorm move in day. We got an early start, relatively speaking. This date has been planned since April, yet even with daily reminders my child was up all night doing laundry. Packing commenced during …

This is a Good Thing: Saying Goodbye to My Muse

Tomorrow is the day I shake Thing One off my leg. (Actually I think it will be Thing One trying to shake me off.) Yes, it's already move in day at her school. In an effort to maintain my positive outlook on this process, I have come up with ten reasons this is a good …

Dissipating Energy

Electricity goes unnoticed until your power goes out. That is when you realise how dependent you are on it for everything from seeing your hand in front of your face to flushing the toilet.  I've never really thought about the human energy that has filled my house for the past twenty years, but it is …

How Not to Apologize

I have apologized countless times for countless offenses, and I have been apologized to more times than I can say. Reasons for my apologies range from almost bumping into someone, to running late, to attempted murder. (exercising dramatic license) Apologies can be categorized as follows: 1.) Sincere and heart felt apologies when truly filled with …

MEEP MEEP

I am a cliché . I have become someone who I would have rolled my eyes at not many years ago. The sight of a child on a swing or a mom with a toddler brings me to the brink of humiliating myself—with tears. I hope this is a temporary mental illness, and not an …