SUPER RE-TARDO Growing up, we weren’t allowed to say the word “retard” or even “shut up”. Repressive Catholic parenting did that to me but we also never talked about sex and we all know where that lead. In any case, the other day I was at the store and these two brothers were fighting and [...]
Let’s say that I have this friend. And this friend decides to tell me some information, see, about his sister-in-law who works in a maternity ward. We’ll call this friend Albert because that’s sort of a distinguished-sounding name. He’s a good guy and we pick on each other in the best possible way. You know, [...]
Traditions are there for a reason: to provide us with guilt when we don’t do them correctly. I’d finish that thought but my issue with procrastination is getting out of control lately. Since my children are older than most of my friends’ children there are these ‘new’ traditions with Christmas with which I am entirely [...]
One of my co-workers has a love of all things Hello Kitty which makes me automatically love her because if you like Hello Kitty then you automatically come into a relationship with 100 bonus points. If, however, you don’t like Hello Kitty then I have to question your ability to be the world’s only living [...]
Many years ago when I was still teaching in the classroom I found my people. My people came to me. I didn’t have to go looking for them because tra-la-laaaa I am just that ridiculously lazy. For some reason, a bunch of young teachers and I all seemed to click together one year. We were [...]
You know how you get that itch, that desire to have a dog? And it’s always the same thing. It starts with seeing a puppy somewhere and telling yourself that no one in the whole wide world will ever love that puppy as much as you will love that puppy. This never happens in those [...]
Instituting a Mandatory Sit-Down Dinner with real utensils and a colorful plate (see: must include a green vegetable) (see also: everyone seems to like broccoli) (see finally: a happy mom) is something to which I aspire but can’t seem to pull off on a regular basis. I should do it more often because the conversations [...]
Generally speaking, life is pretty happy for me. A few years ago I remember making the decision to be joyful. Willfully joyful. Basically, I was going to choose joy every single day. Some days are hard but they’re not always impossible and if I try hard enough I can find something to be joyful about. [...]
I am having some major issues with the blog today. Getting up early, leaving for another trip to Chicago, and setting a post to auto-publish is never my favorite thing, but I did it and hit the road and didn’t have another thought about it. Until very late in the day. So, sit tight. Things [...]
If I had the title of this post as a bumper sticker I would rock it SO hard. My mother left for South Dakota two weeks ago to spread my gramma’s ashes on my grandpa’s grave, visit her old farmhouse, and spend some time with her sister. We played phone tag for three days and [...]
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