When I sat down at my table for the Iris Awards, it never occurred to me that I might have to be prepared to deliver a well-thought and eloquent speech as I accepted an Iris Award for my writing. I was up against four other women who are eloquent word wizards, one of which is…
Family
When it’s Just Not Meant to Be
Like the wind, people come and go into our lives on a daily basis. Some of those people touch us and become close to us and change the trajectory of our lives. Others are consistent, like your favorite cashier at the grocery store, but beyond superficial niceties and some care that the person looks happy…
No Click Bait Needed. This One’s That Good.
Sometimes life is hard, that’s a given. But sometimes life is also really amazing. I always thought life was one or the other or somewhere in between. It’s crazy to think that there could be life that exists in both places at once. It would have never occurred to me that it was even possible…
The Devil Wears Diamonds
A few short years back, I was being wooed by a sweet woman with a pixie cut who loved to run. She wasn’t trying to hook up with me, but instead with my dad. She called me several times every day, listened to me cry about my own problems, bought me a computer, sent me…
Meet Dorothy Rister – Nursing Home Abuse Victim
Meet Dorothy Rister, daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother. Lover of the jitterbug, master seamstress, was once a world class stay at home mom to 4 children, fantastic friend, coffee fiend, and high school cheerleader. Her brother and close family members growing up called her “Butch”. Her husband calls her “Mama”. I call her “Grandma”….
Love is Spelled T-I-M-E
For 5 years, it was just Styles and me. I was a single, working mom who was also a full time college student. We didn’t have a whole ton of time together but I really tried to maximize the time that we had together. Every Sunday we went on dates to the movies, a restaurant…
“Bad Parenting” Techniques That I Practice Daily: Part 2
“Bad Parenting” Techniques That I Practice Daily: Part 1 started off as a 10 item list but because it was so stinking long, I broke it into two parts. You are graced today with Part 2. This one is sure to knock a few socks off. “Bad Parenting” Technique #6: No Doctor is (sometimes) the…
“Bad Parenting” Techniques That I Practice Daily: Part 1
All the perfect parents, raise your hands! I hope not a single one of you raised so much as a fingernail. I’m not perfect and I don’t claim to be. I am learning just like the next parent, and one of the biggest lessons that I have taken away from parenthood is that each child…
How This is Going to Go Down
I have been suffering from paralyzing anxiety over perfection. Before we left for North Carolina when Kyle’s grandma died, we had an enormous argument about the state of the household. Or rather…the disorganization of the household and my lackluster performance as a housewife. At the time I was blogging daily, socializing my children, teaching my…
I Don’t Know Where I’m Going, Only God Knows Where I’ve Been
I still love you ALL. I really do. I miss my little bundle of faithful readers and I hope that I haven’t completely lost you all in the course of the last month. Following my post about my grandmother’s bout with Alzheimer’s Disease, I got news that my dad’s dad was not doing so well….