I never rebelled growing up. I’ve always been a reliable, “good” daughter. And yet, the verbal maneuvering and emotional posturing of my mother is resulting in a late twenties rebellion. Our phone conversation last night began innocuously enough. How’s work, what did you do this weekend, how was the movie, let’s plan Mother’s Day, and [...]
Before I went on my beach vacation a few weeks ago, I thought I’d try something new. I’d get my legs waxed. Like most women, I hate shaving my legs. I hate it for a lot of reasons, but mainly because I wake up really early to get ready and commute 90 minutes to work, [...]
Once upon a time, this city girl- who now traipses around in five inch heels and skinny jeans, gets pedicures, and invests in pricey under eye creams- used to camp and hike in the deserts and mountains of our western states. I’ve been unwashed and covered in DEET. I’ve woken in a tent to the [...]
There I am, reading Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, tittering to myself, “Oh, isn’t that just so funny! Ah ha ha ha ha ha! And Ted…what a nut! Why did they break up? Oh. Now I’m sad.” when it happened. My quaint little “she’s just like me” moment shattered faster than a Tivo season pass that [...]
Some words are of such a nature that you print them out, fold the paper, tuck it into a beloved book or journal. The words are eloquent, poignant, memorable. You allow yourself to believe they are about you. In times of doubt, you revisit them and are assured. I write when someone moves me… the words [...]
People have this unsurprising tendency to come and go from my life- how dare they! In truth, I recognize it happens to all of us. But it’s strange how all the quirks of your knowing them- all The Days That Have Meaning- go along with the person. Except that they don’t really. The memory of [...]
