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The Perfect Back to School Picture in 3, no, 4, no 5 Easy Steps 22 Aug 2013 | 03:11 am
I see back to school pictures on Facebook and think how darling everyone’s kids look. Scrubbed and eager for their new year. Happy. Smiling. Not being goons. Then I try to TAKE my own back to ...
Enter Fear 9 Aug 2013 | 05:59 am
I’m fine. Really I am. But I’m occasionally finding myself almost choking on different fears. I just read in my new grief book that fear is a normal response to grief, but that if it gets to the...
I Lost It Today 31 Jul 2013 | 10:29 pm
**Written a few days ago . . . photo credit In the space of 5 minutes today, I went from totally fine to totally blowing up on my kids. Like screaming, pounding the steering wheel, hoarse voice,...
Enter Love 28 Jul 2013 | 05:59 pm
Recently, one of my siblings said to me that she was kind of shocked over how completely dependent our parents were on each other before my Dad died. She was shocked for two reasons – that they we...
The Lemonade Incident 18 Jul 2013 | 10:10 pm
When life hands you lemons? Make lemonade then spill it all over the car. photo credit So we had a lemonade incident this morning. Leaving Panera: “Do you want to take your lemonade?” (Me) “Yes!...
You know what else? I’m pissed off 15 Jul 2013 | 05:53 am
Shortly after I came home from the first blurry week after my Dad died, I looked up the stages of grief. I was moderately familiar with them, but hadn’t ever really LIVED them. I thought maybe I was...
Yes, My Friends, Life Does Go On 8 Jul 2013 | 05:32 am
I sit in his office, looking at his notes. He took so many notes, almost always on little scraps of paper. Little scraps of paper, strewn about the desk: “Email Spencer re: Friday golf.” “Call ...
Summer Gets More Important Each Year, It Seems 13 Jun 2013 | 07:15 am
I used to dread summer. Having endless days with kids who got up too early, couldn’t fall asleep early enough, and vexed me with how to fill their days. Now? Not so much. Summer, while still filled ...
If Failure’s Part of Life, Then Why’s It So Hard? 4 Jun 2013 | 07:42 pm
I don’t fail much. I never have. It’s the sure sign of a perfectionist, to say those two lines up there. One of my favorite slogans of all time was always “Failure is not an option.” Of course I have...
Boyz II Men Nailed It 30 May 2013 | 05:47 pm
Remember this Boyz II Men song? ”It’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday?” Today Little Iggy’s “graduating” from Kindergarten. And that means I’m “graduating” after 9 years of having one or more c...
