We aren’t always kind to ourselves. Why not try thinking of all the things we do right?
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Silver Anniversary (n) – a 25th Anniversary
I don’t remember how it hit me, because I’m in my forties now and short-term memory loss is part of my very core, jockeying for dominance in a competitive field that includes doughnut obsession and self-loathing. But it did hit me. A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to my husband about high school …
Fix You.
I wish somebody would do something about me.
Sound familiar?
Ode to Self.
When self-centered is bad, it’s really bad. But when it is good…
What Happens to Liars… is
"And all I have to do is give them your name?" "Yeah, that's what they said." "Are you sure?" "That's what they told me!" I'm not going to pretend that exchange between my sister Shannon and me was verbatim, because I've lied enough already today. But it was super close to verbatim. Shannon had visited …
The Big Short
Recently, I realized I’ve been kind of lax on publicly updating the details of my life. (Mostly because who cares, right?) I mean, I remembered to put my new workplace on Facebook and LinkedIn, but not so much clean up the other details. Some “About” sections said that I still worked at/lived in other places. …
Honey, I Drowned the Kids.
Several things have changed for me personally in the last month. Josh and I, along with a bunch of our colleagues, left our former company and went to the rapidly-expanding Shine Solar. This has been the best move for us both individually and collectively, which is pretty awesome. My new job involves heading up and …
The Dark Crystal
My sister texted me this picture this morning. I instantly, deeply embraced it, posted it on Instagram, and sent it to a few select friends that I knew would most appreciate it. One of them fired right back with this: Omg! This has been the topic of conversation in my own head today. Seriously. Me …
Kicking It.
This morning, I did something I’d been turning over in my mind since October…deleted Facebook. I deleted it in the way that means I didn’t delete it at all, which is to say that I just removed it from my phone. I have done that before, when the app locked up and I would delete …
Highlight Reels, or Filtered to Heaven
Something I like to tell people (because it makes me feel like a wise elder) is never to compare their everyday to someone else’s highlight reel. This is a particularly easy and dark place to access in the age of social media, with posts I call “filtered to heaven.” Not only can you airbrush the hell …