Okay, y’all. I love hot weather. For a time. (Like….four months.) And then I’m over it and tired of sweating and ready for it not to feel like I’m standing on the sun. I’m so glad Fall is HERE! I mean, let’s not pay any attention to the fact that it’ll be back in the mid 80s…
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Dear Joshua, On Your First Day of First Grade
Dear Joshua, I know “they” say I’m not supposed to shower you with praise and compliments or over inflate your ego lest you become one of the dreaded “entitled millennials” (or whatever generation you are), but I can’t really help it sometimes. You’re going places. I know it. I want you to know that I’m…
It’s Showtime!
Tonight on a historic stage on the Marietta Square, 13 new voices will add theirs to a collective over 1,000 strong as they turn their invisible tassels and graduate from Listen To Your Mother cast to alumna. I could not be more excited about the stories being shared tonight. I could not be more proud…
State of the Weight Wednesday: False Start
Okay, it’s Wednesday. Right? I’m at Joshua’s swimming lessons, so yes, it must be Wednesday. Let’s do this SOTWW thing. Last week was pretty much a false start for me. I had high hopes of stepping on the scale this morning to find out I had busted my 32 for 31 goal right out of…
The First Thanksgiving
I’m semi-drunk and stuck in the car and thoughts are swirling in my brain and so in order to purge them I’m spilling them here. Happy Thanksgiving. We needed today, mom and me, and my brother, too, and for the most part, today was a great day. But today was hard. It was the first…