As anyone can imagine who knows me or this blog, I have mixed emotions about what the past year brought to my life. I certainly couldn’t have foreseen how different the close of the year would be from its opening. But, I will admit, that difference was not altogether unwelcome. In fact, it proved- and [...]
Everyone always says that change is a good thing. That it’s inevitable. Happens whether we like it, whether we want it, or not. Change is an opportunity. Maybe. But what about when you force change? What about when you really want change to happen, so much so that you make it happen? What then? No [...]
One otherwise unmemorable night, my boyfriend and I sat watching T.V., each on our respective sides of his couch. My legs stretched out across the fabric, bridging the gap, and we talked of forgettable things. Maybe how stupid that 2012 movie was, how my janky knee was calling for rain, maybe even debated the level [...]
Sitting there in front of the blank page, cursor blinking, I struggled with where to begin. Normally, it takes only one sentence of inspiration and then I’m off. One sentence. One phrase even. Nothing. In a flurry of spontaneity, I reached for a stubby, unkempt notebook and my giraffe pen (very good for the tapping [...]
Taking significant time away last week from work, blogging, Twitter, and all things Blackberry resulted in a lot of self-reflection. I don’t really know what becoming “30″ means or how that’s supposed to change me…poof! You’re a grown up? But what I do know, trite as it may be, is that I’ve learned a lot along the way. [...]
Tomorrow, I turn 30. 3-0. As in the age that I thought at the beginning of my twenties I’d be married and be done having all the kids I planned to have. Beyond that I hadn’t invested much thought. It was my small town mentality at work, my “worldview” as you could call it. And, [...]
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 [...]
