“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a […]
Author: The Tall Mom
Saluting the Singles Among Us
Today was busy. I realized as I finished cleaning the after-dinner-disaster-of-a-kitchen that I’d sat down on only three occasions between the hours of 6:30AM and nearly 9:30PM – to eat my three meals that day. […]
Choosing My Side
I’m not sure I can count the number of ALS Ice Bucket Challenge videos I’ve seen in my social media feeds. And, yes…I’ve contributed. Not just me, but my entire family was doused with ice […]
Hunting The Head Wench
At first, I thought my moping was only about being sad the experience was over. I’d spent eight months organizing and building up to the four day event of running a 24-hour team relay from […]
Burying the Cosmetic Surgery Hatchet
“The bitches are gonna judge, but I can’t control that. This is what I want.” She said it with conviction, and I knew her mind was made up. We had been discussing cosmetic plastic surgery, […]
What are you afraid of?
I don’t know if I’m doing life right. Sometimes I fear I’m not. There are certainly moments—those crazy amazing moments when my chest flirts with explosion, and the emotional waves of happiness hit me so […]
Advice from Ice Cube: Checking in about my new years resolutions
I can’t believe it is already March. At the same time, I can’t believe it is only March. It’s been awhile since I’ve had to endure a long winter at home with a toddler all […]
Be the Cake…
I can’t seem to get this out of my head. Yesterday I was at physical therapy for my feet, and while my well intending therapist was torturing me, I overheard two other employees having a […]
Free Will and Free Won’t: My experience with adoption
I’d originally set out to write a post about our experience with adoption…the factual part. It’s something I’m asked about almost weekly. Either someone is interested in our personal experience, or he/she or a loved […]
Making My List
My favorite part of New Years is the idea of hitting some sort of giant reset button on life. Kind of like the “EASY” button on the Staples commercials, but not quite…more like a giant […]
