dear you. by you i mean if you’re reading this, this is to you. so many of you have become something to me. a lot i’ve never connected with offline, yet you come here and you read and you chime in or email me and i feel this sense of togetherness. a friendship of sorts….
i’ve been thinking a lot on this the last few weeks. as i turned the corner of twenty-eight, i felt a burst of something. something powerful and freeing, something that would ultimately push me towards a new chapter. part of it had to do with the big decision i recently made. perhaps it was just…
two years ago i was new mama of two, struggling through the trenches of darkness. postpartum depression. i was feeling stuck and spinning at the same time. guilt, emptiness, anxiety. a wonderful husband who saw my struggle yet felt helpless. an amazing thing happened in that late summer of 2008, as i sat on the…
every morning rings the same. you wake as the sun just barely rises over the hills and beg me for candy. you’re in your undies because you are such a warm sleeper, and 99% of the time said underpants are on backwards. you’re such a silly goose. i usually find you here – stuck between…
after a recent experience at my local coffee-place-of-choice, i felt urged to share. picture if you will: your starbucks (mine is just a block from home). i, a 28 year old in a cute summer dress, saunter in carrying an adorable hobo bag filled with oh, i don’t know… perhaps a wireless keyboard & mouse,…