Christmas is next week. My house looks like Las Vegas. I loved seeing Little Sir’s face light up with each strand I plugged in and went for it. I wasn’t sure how much Christmas Spirit I’d have this year. And that got me wondering about Christmas Spirit. Is it something …
This seems like the time of year for family traditions. Traditions around what you do, where you go, what you eat, when you eat it… I love the idea of traditions, but have found them hard to get going. My family did things when I was kid but we really …
So, clearly, all my problems are because of my parents. Something they did or didn’t do. Or lots of things they did or didn’t do. And the people that give me problems nowadays? Well, they say it’s their parents’ fault too. That worked out until I became a mother and …
I found an old dream the other night. It had been lost for a long time. Not so much lost. Misplaced. It had been in a pile with other dreams and kept getting pushed aside. It finally gathered so much dust, it must have just fallen off the pile and …
Today is Thanksgiving. We’re with The Grandmas. We’ll have way too much food. We’ll say a prayer filled with Thanks. It’s easy. The hardest part of the day will be remembering to stop eating when I’m full and finding space in the fridge for all the leftovers. Well, that and …
Or, Maybe… No! No! No! Whoever taught you faking happiness and hiding pain is a sign of strength was wrong. I’m sure that lesson was well intentioned, so we’re not going to skewer the teacher here because I had similar teachers. But it is wrong. Remember how we learned Pluto …