Look. I’m about to get real. Really real. I’ve had wine. You’ve been warned. Soul-baring is sort of a thing we used to do around here and right now feels like a time to get back to that. Whew. Here goes. Once upon a time, I thought making it “big time” as a blogger meant […]
How Miranda Got Her Groove Back (aka A Mom 2.0 Summit Recap)
I have no pithy way to introduce this post. I’m trying and the witty, attention grabbing opener just isn’t coming. I just have things to say about attending the Mom 2.0 Summit last week/end and this is kind of my place for saying the things I have to say. So there’s your hook. Bring on […]
Being Enough
I found this necklace today in the bottom of a bag, all tangled up with about five other necklaces, and immediately set about extracting it from the jumble of chains and pendants. It’s one of my favorites and I thought I’d packed it away in storage with the rest of our lives. I’m headed out […]
Let’s Play a Game
When I wrote about being all stopped up on Thursday, Jennifer said that reading blogs, for her, has always been like having a conversation with a friend. I miss that. That’s what it always was for me too. I came here and said what I was thinking and people responded and then I responded and […]
Spill It
In case you haven’t looked at a calendar, it’s August. AUGUST. Fall is upon us, school is starting (Monday!), and our busy, too short, blink-and-you-miss-it summer is done. Just like that. I didn’t blog at all in July and at first I didn’t care. Didn’t even notice. I was too busy doing and being and […]
Navel Gazing…Is that lint?
I’m doing that thing where I set a timer for myself and I feel compelled to tell you guys that I’m only giving myself 20 minutes to write this so that you don’t judge me when it’s not perfect. Where’ve I been the past week or so while I haven’t been blogging? I’ve been navel-gazing. […]
All Done
I DID IT! I did it! With this post I have posted every day for 30 days straight! I KICKED NABLOPOMO ASS (and all I got was 30 blog posts). I tried this last year and I made it about 15 days before I just gave up. There were a few times this month where […]
Listen To Your Mother, Atlanta
One of the interesting side effects of blogging about motherhood and all its myriad successes and setbacks is that through this medium of online sharing, I’ve found my voice. I’ve discovered new parts of myself that couldn’t have existed before becoming a mom. I’ve shared my stories and I’ve found a community of mothers whose […]
Tell All The Truth But Tell It Slant
When I first started blogging in Ye Olden Dark Ages (2008, which feels like a lifetime ago sometimes) I didn’t really think about what I was writing in terms of who would read it. Because I didn’t really think anyone would. (And let’s not even get started on the LiveJournal I had in college. ELL […]
Got To Get You Into My Life
I’m old enough to remember the beginning of the Internet. Like, the old-school whooshing and whirring and buzzing and beeping sent across the home phone line. The home phone line which someone would inevitably pick up, knocking me offline and forcing me to start over. I remember bulletin boards. And chat rooms. I know what […]