Archive for November 2015
Managing Expectations During the Holidays
One expectation for this holiday season that I can almost guarantee will happen is that I will be wearing comfy pants several days in a row before showering and putting on clean comfy pants. I might know that because it’s happening already today. Other than that, I HAVE NO EXPECTATIONS. That’s the goal. One of... Read more »
What Does a Whore Look Like?
As I stared in the ladies room bathroom mirror, I pulled out three far too long eyebrow hairs and deposited them into the garbage. I glanced at my cleavage and reveled in how I still got it going on in the décolletage area. Then I re-applied my red lipstick. Some might say I look like... Read more »
Mommy Jammies Will Always Fit
The other day as I was dressing them in their matching penguin footed pajamas, my boy said, “DESE ARE TOO SMALL MAMA. WE NEED BIGGER ONES.” As I laughed and said, “Oh you are going to be wearing these until your feet bust through”, I thought, it won’t be all that long before they aren’t... Read more »
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Teaching Kids to be Thankful is Not Just for Thanksgiving
It’s November! That magical month where people magically become softer, kinder, gentler, and more vocally grateful! I love seeing gratitude. I love hearing folks proclaim their gratitude. Now, I am not good at much, but gratitude and thankfulness? THAT’S MY JAM. If you know me at all then you know not a day, hell,... Read more »
Jimmy Kimmel's Halloween Pranks are Not Funny. And No, I Do Not Need to Lighten Up.
Jimmy Kimmel’s Halloween prank videos are not funny. They are just mean. I know that’s an unpopular opinion, and I know that many of you will tell me to lighten up or that it’s just a joke. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, all you have to do is google it and watch... Read more »
That's Why I'm Here: On Vulnerability and Courage and Gratitude
Some days I am so steeled against the world, it’s a wonder I even feel the rain on my face. Other days, like today, I am cracked right open. So raw and vulnerable that I may not function as a human being but rather just a ball of electric feelings so exposed to the elements... Read more »
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