If you’ve ever truly lived with depression, you may also feel a little twinge of annoyance when a friend, colleague or acquaintance throws out an “I’m so depressed” comment over not getting concert tickets, missing a weekend party or other inconsequential thing. For someone living with depression every day, hearing it wrapped up in a… Continue reading Let’s Talk Right
Ah, life. One of the things I regularly find myself shooting back at F is “Life is hard sometimes, buddy,” and then I laugh because it’s a real understatement. Let’s be real here: life is hard most of the time. It’s good, don’t get me wrong, but there are all kinds of bumps and twists… Continue reading The Easiest Thing You’ll Ever Do
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times: Life is full of surprises. Almost a year ago, I applied for a position I figured I had no hope of receiving a call for. Three months later, I received an invitation for an interview. I went to Banana Republic and bought a skirt… Continue reading Oops! I did it again…
Earlier this week, I blogged at Greenmommy about how F’s transition from co-sleeping to his big boy bed is going (it’s mostly looking like he and I sleeping in a twin sized bed with 3 stuffed animals and 1 cat). So far, nobody has fallen out of the bed or totally lost their shit –… Continue reading Transitioning
What feels like 100 years ago, I wrote my very first blog post. It was so… liberating. Saying what I wanted to say, when I needed to say it – even when there was no one to listen. It was healing, therapeutic and it became one of the most important parts of my day. I didn’t… Continue reading The Red-Headed Stepchild
