Giving the kids something to talk about in therapy.
I've been playing around with ideas for table settings and table arrangements for the wedding. I've gone from idea to idea until I recently settled on using repurposed jars as the vases on the tables. Not only is this option cost efficient, but it is entirely non-wasteful since I'm not buying a ton of vases... Continue Reading →
The other night, Mr. W had a hankering for some chocolate cake. Chocolate cake and me do not get along. Or rather, chocolate cake loves me so much it wants to stay on my thighs forever despite how many lunges I put them through. So the idea of a whole chocolate cake in the house... Continue Reading →
Thanks to a very vivid dream I had recently, I'm preparing to write my next novel. I have the whole outline done and a list of the important characters with a few notes as to who they are in the margin. And before I start the first sentence, I'm fleshing out a few of the... Continue Reading →
Yesterday we had our third premarital counseling session in which we went over personality traits I possess based on a test I took. The test was eerily right on, indicating to my pastor that I had undergone trauma in my life (abuse, stillbirth) and still possessed a few inner scars from that. There wasn't much... Continue Reading →
I need to vent. The biggest downer about my job are the people who comment on anything I write (not here, don't worry. You guys are awesome). It's like people need to be negative just as much as they need to breathe, and hiding behind an anonymous computer screen allows them to be complete and... Continue Reading →
This article publishes in the Press Democrat on July 13. One of the favorite phrases of kids is, “I’m bored.” You know, as in they have nothing to do, would like to be entertained, have finished all the play they had on their list of things to do and literally don’t know what to do... Continue Reading →
I just woke up from an incredibly vivid dream. The emotions in it were so intense, sparking on every inner fear inside me regarding life & death, my relationship, and potential moments of jealousy. It threw them all in my face. It was so intense that I could almost physically feel anything I touched, particularly... Continue Reading →
Read part 1 here.... We got to camp with a lot of time to spare before the opening ceremonies. Taz brought his own basketball, giving him an even better chance at meeting kids since the ball situation at camp proved to be limited at times. He spent his free time shooting hoops beside another kid,... Continue Reading →
Last year when Taz went to camp, he spent the whole entire time hanging out with a 6-year old instead of 10-year olds like him. It had been an awkward year for him already, having started the school year at a new school, and then finishing it back up at his old school because the... Continue Reading →
(This article is publishing in the Press Democrat on June 29th) On a recent evening, I took my daughter, DQ, to the store to go shopping for some clothes and jewelry she wanted for a special occasion. We not only looked for what she needed, but had fun going through the different aisles trying on... Continue Reading →
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