Swingin’ in the Rain
Yesterday was a rough day. After a week of steady rain, attitudes and annoyances all rubbed up tight against one another to form the perfect storm of insanity inside our home. From the moment the day began, the small people in our midst were clawing at one another's throats. You know how little...
What I’m Reading (When I Have Time to Read)
I'm knee deep - nay, NECK DEEP - in all of the writing these days. Every spare moment is divvied up into sizable, manageable chunks, and there is little wiggle room for anything else. Related: My house is a disaster, and the laundry threatens to eat me in my sleep. Wendy and I are down to two...
Choosing Confidence
In five weeks, I will reenter a world I didn't think I belonged. I was part of this world once, and I never felt like I fit in. I felt like a failed citizen amongst a world of accomplishments. This world was, for me, a bit stormy, wrought with feelings of inadequacy. This is the world of...
On Katniss and Tris and Real Life Role Models
I steal glances at her every now and then. I have to stare when she's not looking, when her guard is down completely and I can take in the whole of who she is - who she's becoming. She still has all the evidences of childhood, but they're fading, and fast. Her face is lengthening, and the...
