Beautiful Stolen Goods

When my children first walked into the house quickly and stealth-like, and then emerged from the craft room with two pairs of safety scissors, I should have paused to find out what was up. Alas, I was immersed in my baked ravioli recipe and only mildly considered investigating. Ten minutes and one butchered rosebush later, [...]

That Better Not Be a Wrinkle

I’m 28. It might not sound very old, but the thing is that it’s around this age that you start noticing that things are changing as you get older, and not always for the better: Crinkly Lines As I was putting on mascara the other day the dog was jumping up and down trying to [...]

Many years later…..

Since being diagnosed with Anxiety and Depression, it’s been like a light bulb going off in my head. I can recognize the symptoms for what they are now, and talk myself down from the ledge of emotional free-fall. This morning I woke up with a knot in my chest. My shoulders were tense. I felt [...]

Bad Grannie

We went to the zoo this morning. Mia, who’s not quite two, was much more interested in the animals this time around and when it came time to leave, she wasn’t so willing. But I told her we could stop by the park near the entrance of the zoo, where they have a few slides [...]

Love out of your comfort zone

I was talking to one of the guys at work today and the conversation turned to the cost of living and how it is affecting different people. This fellow is a fairly big guy, in his mid- forties. He leaned over toward me and spoke so his voice was just more than a whisper, “Don’t [...]

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