I have many excuses to be angry lately. Not just a little bit mad or even a little annoyed. If I ate my hurt feelings lately I would be a Vegas buffet — but a lot less tacky. Something happened tonight that I should have really reacted to. In…
Where do I find worth? Do I find it in my appearance or in my attempts to lose baby weight? Is it value found in relationships? How do I value myself as a person and as a woman? And where do I find answers to these questions? I’m surrounded by…
Rowing away — so tempting. To just disappear from it all and leave everything behind. But for all the rowing away from life, I would still be rowing towards something else. I’ve heard from countless people over the last few years that it is time to “move on” with my…
We’re on vacation right now. Specifically, my family is on vacation and I am supervising my family’s vacation. As a wife and mother I feel as if I am rarely on “vacation” — I am still a mother to my children, I still make our meals, I still organize the…
When I was first married, my husband went through a phase of re-wooing me. He became the master of The Grand Overture. I’m not quite sure why this happened, it’s not like I needed these elaborate gifts or Big Deals. We were married, and a sure thing. He and I…
