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2021-07-02 Wait a Day and the Forecast Will Change
In case anyone is playing along, I did not let the snafu with my ex go. I sent a follow up text pointing out that he literally contradicted his own “advice” to our son by ignoring my text message. And of course I couldn’t help but throw in that I don’t agree with him and…
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2021-07-01 The One To My Ex About Actions and Consequences
To admit you feel as though you want revenge is to admit to being human. That’s my excuse. I’m human and therefore flawed in all the miraculous ways human beings are. It’s a miracle that we are here at all— stranded on this spiral arm of stars. I’m flawed for feeling as though I’m enjoying…
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2021-06-28 Loneliness
Today’s poem of the day from the Paris Review is about loneliness. Today’s heartache is not knowing how to help my daughter navigate her loneliness. It’s a staunch truth that though we may be surrounded by people—home, work, school— we can still be suffering from loneliness. A longing to be with our person or persons.…
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2021-06-03 Coming to a Few Conclusions
I’ve tried a few times so far this week to write something. It’s just not there, you know, and I’m not inclined to fight it. The rest of our KC road trip came and went and I began to write about that, but got distracted by life and stuff needing attention. I’ve wanted to write…
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2021-05-27 The Elephant in my Heart
After a time.. feel as though my hiding from the world at large is exhausting. Maybe I’m just exhausted from lack of sleep. No matter how productive I am, it’s not productive enough. Still.. was looking forward to today when I woke up. Despite the dishes piling up, clumps in the litter box piling up,…
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2021-05-09 A Very Shrug-Worthy Sunday
All I want for Mother’s Day is to spend the day with my kids. I was going to add not doing dishes but I don’t even care about that. I just want to have a chill day with my people. I’ve texted my son who is at his dad’s house but he probably won’t be…
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2021-05-07 On This Day in History… 🤱
Seventeen years ago, at this very moment, I was gettin busy pushing a baby out my vagina. That’s pretty freaking amazing right? That I can grow a human being inside my body and then birth it into the world in a matter of hours. More amazing than that is the mystical act of parenting. That…
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2021-03-26 The light at the end of the tunnel…
My mom is being discharged from the hospital today. Who gets to deal with getting her home, grocery shopping, fetching a walker, and staying with her at her home to make sure she’s ok and not at risk for falling down or ripping her stitches, ostomy, or drain tubes? That would be yours truly. She’s…