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I’m Not Smelling Socks. I’m Smelling Savings. 26 Aug 2013 | 07:24 pm

Tweet I never understood why my mom would sweat bullets during the last week of summer vacation. You’d think that the woman of 5 kids, one of which was awesome and named Kimberly, would have been mor...

Diagnosis: Still Breathing 23 Aug 2013 | 04:43 am

Tweet Somewhere between June and now, I decided that I needed to step away from here quietly. I was like that person who writes their name in those funeral “I was here books” and then sneaks out the ...

Curated 1 Aug 2013 | 06:21 pm

Tweet My heart leapt in erratic as I watched the cursor blink at the end of the final sentence of my pitch. All that was left to do was hit submit. Just one click. “What’s the worst that could happ...

It Sucks And That Is Awesome 31 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm

Tweet I’ve never mowed a lawn. I’ve never sat in a room with a spider for more than 2 seconds. I’ve never grown a mullet on my own free will. I’ve never shaved my chocolate lab even though I threa...

Are We There Yet? An African Lion Safari Adventure 29 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm

Tweet With five of us chiming in at different times, I imagine that asking “Are we there yet?” sounded a lot like an orchestra of nails scratching down a chalkboard. I could see my dad’s jaw clenche...

Popcorn For The Brave| Part 2 25 Jul 2013 | 05:27 pm

Tweet (You can read the first part here.) The ER is no place for a child, with it’s loudness, bright overhead lights, hurried big people in scrubs that signified shots and ”ahhh’s” and breaths that ...

Popcorn For The Brave 8 Jul 2013 | 03:00 pm

Tweet Despite the beeps and barked orders, my son was lulled to sleep by gentle circles traced onto his baby cheeks and the anxious rhythmic tapping of my foot. He nestled his head just under my coll...

Neon Pink 25 Jun 2013 | 03:00 pm

Tweet I don’t normally take baths. Mostly because I keep thinking of the fact that I’m trying to relax in the very same water that washed away whatever was clung to me. Not that I’m dirty. There is...

And All The Way Back 21 Jun 2013 | 08:01 pm

Tweet Chunky: Your shirt is on backwards Momma. Me: No it isn’t. The words are on the back so everyone can read it. Are you going to wear yours to school? Chunky: No way. There’s a “gril” on the ba...

Secret Stash 19 Jun 2013 | 04:09 pm

Tweet I went out into the garage to find my handheld garden tools. They are always put in the same spot up high on a shelf to keep my dog from stealing them because he loves chewing on the wooden han...

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