Good Bye Teenager

Today Iā€™m giving myself a little pat on the back and a ā€œgood job, you made it.ā€ This self-congratulating is because today is my daughterā€™s birthday. Ā Good bye teenager. Ā Hello 20s. Ā Sheā€™s alive and thriving.Ā  I still have mostā€¦

Grateful Rage

2020, as sh!tty as it has been, has not been the sh!tt!est of years that Iā€™ve ever had so on that scale I feel quite fortunate. I can quickly recall a couple years way worse for me. Covid19 struck both my teenagers several weeks ago, but theyā€¦

Beautiful Quarantined Easter

I venture to say that Easter 2020 wonā€™t be one we will ever forget. I doubt we will ever have the conversation that goes ā€œWhat year was is again when we couldnā€™t have an Easter program at church because of mass contagion?ā€ Itā€™s unlikelyā€¦

Corona Virus, Please Leave Starbucks Alone

On Christmas morning, after gifts were opened and before the extended family celebrations began, my husband and I went to Starbucks.Ā  It was like an extra gift to us that no one was in the drive thru. Ā The Starbucks angels were sitting thereā€¦

FB Memories

My dad was battling brain cancer. We had 2 pre-teen middle schoolers. Job changes were around the corner for both of us. Volunteering at school, sitting on boards, leading a team at church; to list a few. We were on the move. We moved so fastā€¦

90% Chivalrous 10% Caveman

90/10. Ā Thatā€™s the ideal ratio for my idea of the perfect guy.Ā  90% chivalrous, charming, thoughtful, laughs at your jokes, just because flowers, remembers your motherā€™s birthday, does his own laundry.Ā  10% drags you, consensually ofā€¦

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