I don’t like going through my possessions. It’s like a slow steady torture. Gathering and sorting, each item evaluated for worth and placed in a pile. There are only three answers, keep, donate, or toss, but the questions are endless. Are you good enough to keep? I only need one; maybe this one is better? [...]
I’ve already thanked her once, but I’m more than happy to do it again. The her I’m talking about is Mamazilla and I have loved her since the day I clicked through to one of her blog posts and read the sentence, “Shut up and eat your turkey pot pie.” Not everyone can get away [...]
I woke up this morning when my oldest crawled into bed with me for a snuggle. It’s been a while since she’s done that. I’ve missed it. Twenty minutes later the youngest came in and joined us. It’s been even longer since I’ve had both of them with me. For a few minutes they were [...]
Twenty-five has many different faces. I see yours, searching and wanting, trying desperately to get it right. You set off to a new city, a new life. Praying for turbulence. Wishing for comfort. Wanting to find yourself. Wanting to find a love that allows, without exception, the tenderness you feel and fear. I hope you [...]
Last night,
I mocked the world.
Tonight,
The world
mocks me back.
It’s alright.
Really.
I have a
sense of humor.
Usually.
:)
Don’t waste your time eating overpriced pizza with someone who would never consider you’d want to deface the moon. It’s better to sit behind an old gas station and smoke stale cigarettes with a boy that makes you think you can.
That’s a few of the sentences that have been in my head for a few [...]
To the tune of Star Spangled Banner but for no apparent reason change to Away in the Manger in verse two; then I’m not sure what happens.
Ohh say I can see the bottom of the laundry pile.
My empty sink is making me smile.
The kids are all taught and the dogs have been fed.
I might even [...]
“But I lost the thread there, and dozed off to slumber, thinking about what a pity it was that men with such superb strength — strength enabling them to stand up cased in cruelly burdensome iron and drenched with perspiration, and hack and batter and bang each other for six hours on a stretch — [...]
One of the problems with living near Washington D.C. is the Redskin fans. They are weird. Weirder than the average fan some would say. They get on my nerves and they have gotten on my nerves since I was a child. Everywhere you look, Redskin stickers, flags, shirts, underwear, and umbrellas. It gets old. The [...]
My daughter is allergic to peanuts and tree nuts. When we sort through the Halloween candy we are looking for peanuts not razor blades. Razor blades don’t scare me in the least. The possibility of hidden peanuts strikes fear into my heart. I always feel a little bad for her; we usually end up taking [...]