My life is nothing like I planned it to be, which is why I know I'm finally doing something right
It’s the 21st century, and I would wager a bet that there is one thing historians will one day point to as defining these earliest decades of the age: the Internet debates. You know them. They are the debates in which everyone has an opinion that is confused for fact, and it needs to be… Continue reading All I Want For Christmas Is For The Holiday Debating To Stop
The title, alone, sounds ridiculous. Please stop telling me I should do things for a living? What do I expect - to sit around and do nothing as a grown ass adult? No. That's not what I mean at all. A couple weeks ago, we had a little family and friend get together for my… Continue reading Please Stop Telling Me I Should Do Things For A Living
I remember the first time I heard the song "Baby It's Cold Outside." I was riding in the car with my mother. It was Christmastime, I was visiting her in Seattle as I always did for the holidays. We were on our way to some dive bar, where she would hang out in the bar… Continue reading I Can’t Believe I Have To Explain This To You People; How “Baby It’s Cold Outside” and “The Little Mermaid” Have Proven Our Cultural Ignorance
I don't know if it's the fact that I have 3 kids now, and my life is a total and utter shit show 90% of the time; or that I'm just getting older. But I've accepted mediocrity in so many ways. 1. I'm okay with being an okay mom Honestly. There was a period of… Continue reading 5 Ways I’ve Accepted Mediocrity As A Mother In My Mid-30s
It's friggin' fall ya'll. Ghords and pumpkins and apple bobbing showing up in my Facebook newsfeed. A trip to the pumpkin patch is on my calendar, and there would definitely be cobbler baking in my oven if it weren't still a million goddamned degrees outside. Pillsbury has like seven new cake flavors out, including candy… Continue reading It’s Friggin’ Fall Ya’ll
Okay, so let's start this off by saying that to call what I did "camping" is a bit of a stretch. Four nights were in a hooked up RV with running water, air conditioning, and electricity; in an RV park with free Wifi by the beach. Two nights were in a hotel. Regardless of those… Continue reading I Went Camping And Survived
{Serious Post Alert} I am not one to pretend I know everything about the way the mind, or the body, or the world for that matter, works. But if there is one thing I know based on factual research, history of our culture, observations in society, and my own, anecdotal experiences, it is this: having… Continue reading It’s Time To Talk About Maternal Mental Health, And Be Civilized About It
