Day Five brings a new robe – and all the feels.
New Robe, New Normal
Day Five brings a new robe – and all the feels.
Category: Love
On Knowing the Best
Today is Grandparents Day. This is a holiday that occasionally falls on my son’s birthday, and today is no exception. When this happened during my young parenthood, there was no contest. The day belonged to my kid. But it was a mistake. Because he has two really, really amazing grandmothers. Today, though, I’m going to talk about …
On Eighth Grade
We opened Bo Burnham’s amazing, beautiful, painful ode to puberty, EIGHTH GRADE, this month. It was everything I’d hoped. That “everything” was painful, unflinching, cringe-worthy reality. It was perfect. Yes, the movie had the tiny kids with flat stomachs and clear skin, who were externally flawless but sometimes awful and bitchy. There were also the …
Life is Very Short…
You can learn a lot from a man of few words. I was lucky to be raised by one of them.
On Achievement
One thing I’m really good at is putting myself down. I have so many years of solid experience in this area that I challenge anyone to prove they could be more self-deprecating than I am. You’ll lose. Unless, due to my self-loathing, I let you win and then tell myself I couldn’t even be good …
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 …
Adulting (v): to do grown up things and hold responsibilities…
So, a really great person I know requested last night that I blog more. I’m all, what are you talking about? I write this amazing blog every week for Smart Energy Solutions. Critics have called it “What blog?” and “That sounds boring.” It’s the kind of work that makes me think, “See, mom and dad? I …
And that’s ALL I need.
I was at Walmart today, because it was 4:30 on a Friday and I hate myself. This isn’t immediately about my self-loathing, though. Plenty of time for that later. Rather, it was about what I overheard an employee say as I was exiting: I just need validation! If I hadn’t felt so dead inside (because …