The Classifieds

In between random writing assignments, I have been perusing the abyss of freelance writing gigs.   I compare it to searching for a needle in a haystack.  Sometimes you hit the jackpot other times you end up writing an ad for Craigslist.    It is essential that your expectations are as low as they can go…

Rounding the Corner

Most of us despise change.  Unfortunately, the process is inevitable.  There is always a space between where you are and where you are going.  That space can be terrifying or it can be invigorating…..your choice. In all transparency, I have revved things up in the “I am unnerved by my middle-age body and I want…

Absence

It wouldn’t be the first time that I have stopped someone in mid-sentence.  It wouldn’t be the first time that I have corrected an individual’s word usage.   I am not doing this as a grammar guru – that would be rude, I keep that shit in my head – but rather a human with a…

Humoring My Humanness

I am a detailed organizer.   My calendar is methodically kept.   I usually know what is going on the following day without even looking.  I pride myself on this trait.  Yesterday, I knew I had a lunch meeting at Bryce’s school.   I arrived in a prompt fashion greeting people I knew, checking in at the front…

Family Unit

“We can’t have a family dinner because you aren’t going to be here.”   This is the reasoning my spouse gave me as they were dishing up their soup and headed to separate parts of the house while I prepared to go out with friends.   I laughed because the real reason was that they wanted to…

Looking in the Mirror

There has always been a struggle with my body image.   Long before Dory just kept swimming, I was brought up to just keep moving.  I was a little chunky, at least that is what I thought I heard.  Sometimes my hearing can be distorted.  With that being said, I never thought I was thin, but…

Smarty Pants

“You are so smart!”  A friend said this to me the other day and it threw me off.  When I hear this, all I can think about is what Aibileen said in The Help…..You is kind.  You is smart.  You is important.   I don’t think I ever felt smart, but over the years I think I…

Turning It Up

If you are a frequent reader – which I hope you are – you will remember me writing about mastering the art of space.  What I mean is being relaxed while the space I am in is currently quiet with only ripples of tasks with deadlines.   I am in a state of marinating.  Similar to…

Beware of Awareness

This week I wrote about the disease we call social media with a special spotlight on Facebook.     And while I hit on the highlights, I missed a vital piece…..the contagious copy and paste epidemic that seems to be griping this particular platform.   Yes, I am sure you have fallen victim to it.  I haven’t…

My Good Deed

My mother says that “no good deed goes unpunished”.  I hear that often in my head repeating like a broken record when the stars align and I do something kind.  Now, there are moments when I believe it is true and one of those happens to be yesterday. For the last few years, my boys…