So, yesterday the for-real Ricki Lake followed me on Twitter. And I followed back, obvs. While being a fan-girl and grinning at my computer screen for the duration of naptime. Today? I get notice that my post “When you can’t say no” is being spotlighted on BlogHer. I honestly think I’m about two steps away…
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Second Shift
On a break from someone else’s kitchen, my mama spent some time working in a textile mill. The work wasn’t hard. But it was repetitive. The pay was good and there was no grease. But the hours were long. They were inconvenient hours. Family hours. We missed her four evenings a week. She’d be there…
How I’m spending my summer vacation
I had plans to write something thought provoking and interesting and amazing and wonderful today. And then I woke up. And upon waking up, I snuggled my child while he had some milk and I waited for the coffee to brew. And this? That moment? That’s how I’m spending my summer vacation. I’m spending it…
Success is counted sweetest
It was a June morning. Sunny, but not overly hot like Georgia summers can be. What we call a “mild” day in the south. I was nervous. Afraid I’d be late. Afraid I’d get lost. Just afraid. I climbed out of my car in the parking deck and made my way down the stairs to…
The thin red line
I hear the little bundle of blankets stirring gently to my left. I hear my husband snoring softly to my right. I try to get up to quiet the baby but I can’t. There is pain–blinding, searing pain like lightning behind my eyes–when I try to move, and I am reminded, quite quickly, that I…