The Sanctity of Reese’s I am getting married in three days, but today? Today I am searching for the world’s largest Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup , preferably one shaped like a heart. It will be the strangest wedding gift for the strangest wedding to the strangest man I’ve ever met. I’m also strange. It all makes … Continue reading »
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Fashion Forward… Backwards, Inside-Out & Hogtied
I wipe the kid’s nose on the bottom of my shirt while simultaneously swiping my sweating forehead with the collar. I scratch my tangled ponytail only to find a leaf lodged scalp-deep. I laugh when a little girl runs by, stopping to point out the rainbow of chalk handprints smacked across my stretchy pants. The wind blows, … Continue reading »
Wine & Dine & Wine: Why There’s Hope In A Hangover
Sun smacks my face, and something tells me this Sunday morning is punishment. I rub crusty, caked-on makeup boogers from my eye and flinch at the sniff of my gnarly breath. I am wearing one high-heeled boot, a pair of sagging sweatpants, and a towel wrapped my torso. I feel an itch and upon scratching find … Continue reading »
The Best Bad Mom
I read a book once. It was all downhill from there. When a little plastic stick told me a baby was on the way, I gave that solid pink line a fake smile and swallowed some panic. This would be the first of many improvisations as a mother to be followed by a … Continue reading »
monday: telling songs
It is Monday. It is the start of another week, a week which holds appointments, work reports, scheduled naps, chores, and family dinners stirred and baked and served. It is a seven-day cycle, the one-more-again feeling circling the drain before a new week floods us with to-do’s. And on most Mondays it is most simple just to function. Auto-pilot gets tasks checked off lists and … Continue reading »
