Anxiety is strange. It feels like your heart is racing, except you can’t move. The juxtaposition is just a reminder of your failure to keep up. Just the simplest of tasks, seem so straight forward and yet, when I try to make sense of them, all the moving parts appear like a crazy game of … Continue reading
I used to judge people… ok, fine, I used to judge mothers. All mothers. Yeah, I checked out the Goldfish Cracker remnants scattered throughout the back seat of your vehicle. I gasped at the parking lot changing table. I watched as women dragged their screaming children thinking: “Not a chance in hell. No, not my … Continue reading
Target is my oasis… it’s a place where I can walk around for hours with my kids. Window shopping. I fantasize we are about to go home to create an ‘Instagram worthy’ decor for the latest holiday. My children will put on their matching wardrobes as on-lookers peer inside seeking the latest trends of a … Continue reading
“I don’t understand how they could…” Go ahead. Fill in the blank. Funny thing, rarely, has anyone making such a statement, truly SOUGHT out clarity or understanding, rather, they made the statement in disbelief that anyone has ever thought to look at something in … Continue reading
A couple years ago, I sat in a potty training seminar at my daughter’s daycare center. It was interesting, she was my second child and yet there was this one major detail that I had missed in potty training my eldest. You see, a child has a hard time going #2 in the potty. There … Continue reading
Everything changed. I looked at my phone and I saw the timer on my call counting up… and despite the fact everything in my mind was moving faster than I could register, the numbers on my phone continued to climb, unaffected by the chaos in the living room. My oldest and the middle child were … Continue reading
This could be the year of self-definition. As I look around at my world, it looks much like a sketch done by MC Escher. The only way to fully appreciate his work, is to realize you are not in control of the lines on the page. You can’t force the direction of the flow… … Continue reading
It is amazing that Sunday is here. No, seriously. As I enter into my 13, 961st day of my life, it is amazing that I am taken aback that this cool, misty morning has arrived. I am sipping my coffee, contemplating which of the roads less traveled I will take. Nothing seems familiar to me. … Continue reading
Despite being a debate teacher and having a strong opinion in most matters, I have never really been an activist. I’ve always thought I didn’t need legislation to make me equal, I would prove myself. I would throw it in their face and not only show how it was possible, but I would take it … Continue reading
“I don’t have time for this.” “I wish we had more time.” “There’s not enough time in the day.” However you want to put it, time binds us with restraints. We must prioritize our time. We must make the most of our time. We must manage … Continue reading
