You know when your week gets off to a start that is less than stellar and you spend the whole day trying to do ANYTHING to break the funk and the only thing that will break the funk is the one thing you can’t seem to get which is sleep? Yes. That. That was my…
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Finish Each Day
I fell in love with Transcendental literature during my junior year of high school. Instantly, upon reading the writings of Emerson and Thoreau, it was like I had found my people. Their words spoke to me. I was moved by their belief that we’re all part and parcel of a greater whole. I studied them…
Eternal Flame
I feel like I lament this at least 17 times a day, but being a mom is hard work. Like, super hard. Mostly because it’s the only job I know where there’s little in the way of training and a whole lot of making it up as you go along. See also: fake it ’til…
The Mama Heart Doesn’t Lie
I’ve been trying to write this post all day and this is one of those things where the words aren’t coming out pretty at all. They’re just sort of spilling out of my fingers as fast as my brain can think them. Seven months ago I poured my heart out about Joshua. Doctors and well-meaning…
Where The Wild Things Are
Remember that time I said we live in a really cool place and there are lots of things to do here so we should do more of them? About a month ago there was a Groupon for two adult tickets to Zoo Atlanta for the price of one. It was good through the end of…