On occasion, weird things happen in my dreams. (Der. They are dreams, right?) The weirdest dreams of all happen when I dream I am back in high school. Like, I’m a student again, and I’m me, but not me. I’m a 29 year old version of me trapped in the body and social interactions of…
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Feeling my age
There’s this weird thing that happens to people in their 20s. And as a person in my 20s I feel it is my duty to educate the masses on this weirdness. When you are in your 20s, it’s hard to know the difference between early, mid and late 20s. Sometimes you have flashes of for-real…
Social Distortion
Monday morning I read an article that covered the AAP’s most recent findings that Facebook can lead to depression in teens and tweens. With all the emphasis teens and tweens put on having friends and being accepted and seen as cool, this makes total sense to me. (What I linked to above is not the…
Words of hope
I’m over at My Postpartum Voice today. Here’s a sneak-peek of what I’m talking about Words have always brought me a great deal of comfort. Hope. What I love about books, especially my favorites, is that each time I read them, I am struck by the power of some new phrase. Some new something in…
All I ever need to know
In that room I was happy and laughter was abundant. It was there where I learned the restorative power of naps on special mats. I knew that a Care Bears lunchbox had the power to make everything all better. In that room, I was dubbed a “chatterbox.” And a “delightful student.” In that room, life…