Good Bye Teenager

Today I’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 daughter’s birthday. Ā Good bye teenager. Ā Hello 20s. Ā She’s alive and thriving.Ā  I still have most…

Grateful Rage

2020, as sh!tty as it has been, has not been the sh!tt!est of years that I’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 they…

Beautiful Quarantined Easter

I venture to say that Easter 2020 won’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 couldn’t have an Easter program at church because of mass contagion?ā€ It’s unlikely…

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 there…

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 fast…

90% Chivalrous 10% Caveman

90/10. Ā That’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 mother’s birthday, does his own laundry.Ā  10% drags you, consensually of…

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