mom. wife. anti-broccoli. half-marathon survivor. i'm probably burning dinner.
For many years, I methodically put out the ornaments on the tree, one box at a time. Carefully packing the empty boxes away as I went along. I would strategically spread the ornaments out so the tree was neat and even; always making sure to keep the lights off so I could properly space everything. When my kids were old… Read More
I make my kids lunches because their school doesn’t provide hot lunch. I’m okay with this because I didn’t love eating hot lunch. Of course, no one really cared about school lunch nutrition in the 80s. If they did, it was in the form of flat, bland burgers, greasy pizza, chicken nuggets that were semi-warm, and soggy french fries that… Read More
Last week I moved down to the basement bedroom. I was on day three of what would be a nine-day respiratory virus that produced a high fever and what doctors call a “non-productive” cough — that means your cough isn’t bringing anything up except for air and an explosion of germs. The cough is mostly just there for the sole… Read More