So something stunning happened this week. I shared a memory with my husband that he is a part of. He IS the memory really. Something he said. I told him where we were standing in which house and the month and year and, while I didn’t tell him this part, …
Mother’s Day is coming up and it is such a mixed bag for me. I do not communicate with my mother. So this day with all its reverence for the holy mommy that gave us life and nurtured us and made us what we are and our shiny hero can …
I find myself judging people less harshly lately. Well, that’s not exactly true. I find myself judging people just as harshly, but with the qualifier that I am the same kind of idiot I think they are. And if I am not an idiot in the exact moment they are, …
I used to hear Normal is a setting on the dryer. But I like this even better because DH is from Illinois and I use that fact to explain a lot of things about him. The other day, Little Sir pointed out that Daddy was wearing socks and Mommy and …
The Bucket List thing is so great. I highly recommend it. I have a few “can’t miss” items to do. To do before… Well, before I can’t. Do. Tonight on the radio, I heard a comedy bit by (now deceased) John Pinette. He is hilarious (as usual) as he talks …
I have been comforting some friends lately and even myself. And I keep hearing a refrain, “At least you’re not…” “Think of all those suffering so much worse than you…” “Sounds like a first world problem to me…” “Be grateful that it’s not…” Here’s the thing. Someone is always going …