“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, […]
Author: The Tall Mom
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 […]
The gift I hope we can all receive…
I’m blowing the whistle. I’m done. I refuse to go into a new year without calling us out on this nonsense we have been so consumed with for too long. Before we celebrate in the […]
Allowing Christmas
As I sit down to write this post, I am mildly apprehensive at the idea of actually hitting the ‘publish’ button. I’m nervous about the feathers that may be ruffled. Of course, I don’t have […]
Unexpected magic in the Caribbean…
I am not a fan of crowds. I don’t know if it’s because I was raised in (and live in) Wyoming…we have almost 100,000 square miles of space and less than a half-million people, or […]
Giving my thanks…
This post has been brewing in my subconscious…and in my heart for the last several days. I kept getting nudges about it…when I was driving…before I went to bed…whenever I let myself be quiet. For […]
